Divisive over Divisive (list, Nevada, research, people)

[SunnyKayak]

How is it pronounced?

Die vise ive?

Da visa ive?

[Janipoo]

I would go with Die vis ise.

[vpcats]

It's

Dee vise eve

[SunnyKayak]

that is what I thought too I saw it was debated on Jack Cafferty and I thought well I guess it would depend on where the person is from in how they think it is pronounced like Nevada has two pronunciations

[mawipafl]

I go with dih--V-EYE--siv

Here's another - debacle .. before it came into frequent use, it was pronounced DEH-ba-cul .. now it's supposed to be deh-BAH-cul

[BlueWillowPlate]

Originally Posted by mawipafl

I go with dih--V-EYE--siv

Here's another - debacle .. before it came into frequent use, it was pronounced DEH-ba-cul .. now it's supposed to be deh-BAH-cul

Yes!

I saw two different news people say dih-vis-iv rather than dih-V-EYE--siv, and I was really confused by this.
When I looked it up, I saw no listing at all for their pronunciation, but then I did not research it exhaustively.
And I was reminded of the debacle changeover.

[dynimagelv]

hmmmm I have never been De VIDED so it must be De V EYE Seive

[motormaker]

di vi sive

[Tek_Freek]

Miriam Webster says -

Pronunciation: \də-ˈvī-siv also -ˈvi- or -ziv\

Does that help?

[ontheroad]

Well,

I have a to-mat-o, an a to-ma-to,

so I am going to say both are acceptable.