[stylist] tuesday word: asSuage

[Ashley Bramlett]

Hi,
I heard this word pronounced the way Donna wrote it. The u sounds like a w. 
However, Vejas did spell this right; so it’s a screen reader issue of 
pronounciation.


-----Original Message----- 
From: Donna Hill
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 5:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] tuesday word: asSuage

Lori and Vejas,
I've always heard ass-wage with the emphasis on the "wage."
Donna


-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of loristay at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 3:11 PM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [stylist] tuesday word: asSuage

I always heard it pronounced "asswage" --no e sound.
Lori



-----Original Message-----
From: vejas <brlsurfer at gmail.com>
To: stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tue, Jan 31, 2012 8:30 pm
Subject: [stylist] tuesday word: asSuage


assuage, pronounced like the words "a sewage"
verb
make an unpleasant feeling less intense.

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