Pronunciation
Reader comment on: THANKS-giving

Submitted by Peter Reynolds, Nov 28, 2007 18:20

I think that pronouncing it with the accent on the first syllable is peculiarly American. As someone brought up on daily family reading of the Authorised Version (King James) Bible I am very familiar with the word but would only associate the THANKSgiving pronunciation with the American festival.

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