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Pronunciation (homographs)[edit]
Apparently, the fish is pronounced with everything said - the 'b' is pronounced, and the sound in the first syllable is the 'dog' sound.zigzig20s 21:11, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
Reference for my claim : "Mémento de phonétique anglaise" by Michel Ginésy (86). Obviously he is a Frenchman but overall his book is pretty reliable - except for the issue over the pronunciation of 'directly' in the 'immediately' sense perhaps. zigzig20s 16:00, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
- I'll check this in the OED at some point and then add the pronunciations. — Paul G 16:11, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Done it seems. (And Chambers 1908 confirms this pronunciation.) Equinox ◑ 13:18, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
Possible missing sense[edit]
We list one kind of fish, but it might be others too. Chambers 1908 lists it as "a name applied to the gaper, a sea-perch, and to a species of wrasse". Equinox ◑ 13:18, 5 August 2018 (UTC)