A pronunciation question....

[fajrdrako]

The phrase of the day on 'a word a day' today was "devil's advocate", a phrase I've always liked. But it surprised me by saying that "advocate" was pronounced "advo-kate". When "advocate" is a noun, I pronounce it "advo-cat".

Have I been wrong all these years?

(If so, won't be the first time, won't be the last.)

Comments

[itsaslashything]

I pronounce them the same as you...

[fajrdrako]

There you go!

[dameruth]

Those are the respective noun/verb pronunciations I've always used, so it's not just you . . .

[fajrdrako]

Seems to me that the entry was... a little confused. Usually 'a word a day' is very trustworthy about that sort of thing.

[thistlethorn]

AD-vo-cat as a noun, AD-vo-kate as a verb.

[fajrdrako]

Yes!

[fajrdrako]

the Pope had given the President a rare "peak" at the Vatican gardens.

LOL! Mountains at the Vatican!

Things like that, I usually dismiss as mere typos (something to which I am not immune) but it can be very amusing - or annoying, especially in a professional context.

Yeah, crankiness increases with global warning or something. (I'm still not admitting to aging.

[gryphons_lair]

If you're wrong, so am I.

I'm inclined to suspect whoever wrote that up plunked "advocate" into an online dictionary and copied down the pronunciation that popped up without bothering to check for such silly things as context.

[fajrdrako]

In other words, and oversight. Seems likely.