Divisive. (dĭ-vī'sĭv)
adj.
Creating dissension or discord.
devEYEsive. Stress on the second syllable AND note that it is an I (EYE) sound. Would someone please tell Sen. Obama who had the nerve to make fun of the ACCENT of President Bush and how he said Nuclear - that his pseudo intellectual pronunciation of divisive is far worse. EVEN THE BRITISH say DivEYEsive.
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It's all the emphasis on ebonics. Such mispronounciation can be cured by thwacking the offender with a cane, if you happen to have one to hand.
lol - I think it's more of a pseudo-intellectual attempt to appear erudite.
It can still be cured by thwacking the offender with a cane, if you happen to have one to hand.
friend of mine who is a retired teacher informed me that all of the MSM analysts also used the pretentious pronunciation. Go figure. They're so in love with him it's not even funny . . . .
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