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    What is a 6 letter word for an elementary textbook?

    Question #89355. Asked by tancooker. (Dec 03 07 8:59 PM)


    Zap_Rowsdower

    		Primer

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/primer

    Reader

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/reader

    Dec 03 07, 9:08 PM
    davejacobs

    		http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=primer
    Curiously to the English ear, pronounced "primmer" in the USA.


    Dec 04 07, 3:14 AM
    zbeckabee

    		I'm American and I've only ever heard it pronounced with a long I.

    http://www.ask.com/reference/dictionary/ahdict/31200/primer

    Dec 04 07, 12:29 PM
    McGruff

    		I have never heard anyone say "primmer" either.

    However, this site includes it as a commonly mispronounced word.

    primer: (schoolbook) prim-mer, not pry-mer

    http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0907075.html

    I always assumed since it is a primary schoolbook, it was shortened to 'pry-mer' but apparently that's not correct.

    Dec 04 07, 11:53 PM
    queproblema

    		You've never heard me or my mother, both Americans; we always say "primmer" for a child's reader or for a page of sewing directions. "Pry-mer" is the base coat that prepares a surface for a finish coat of paint. Or it's part of a blasting cap or cartridge.

    Both Merriam-Webster (See above.) and American Heritage Dictionaries show the short "i" sound.
    http://www.bartleby.com/64/C007/0150.html

    We needn't get as upset about it as the people on this blog, though:
    http://www.dailyping.com/archive/2003/02/28/

    "Garden and Hearth," an American online magazine, seems oblivious to the controversy, titling an article "A Primer on Primer."
    http://www.gardenandhearth.com/PaintandWallpaper/PrimeronPrimer.htm

    Don't you love English?

    Dec 05 07, 1:54 AM

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