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minus-squaretigeruppercutlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoseize, caffeine, leisure Also a lot of plural words ending in -cy, like agencies, delicacies, or latencies.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoFair for all of them except leisure, where the ei doesn’t rhyme with me but with fair.
minus-squaretigeruppercutlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoMost of the US dictionaries (MW, Collins, Am Heritage, etc) list the ei as rhyming with me as the first pronunciation. Might be different for you regionally or in other countries though.
seize, caffeine, leisure
Also a lot of plural words ending in -cy, like agencies, delicacies, or latencies.
Fair for all of them except leisure, where the ei doesn’t rhyme with me but with fair.
Most of the US dictionaries (MW, Collins, Am Heritage, etc) list the ei as rhyming with me as the first pronunciation. Might be different for you regionally or in other countries though.