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[Rogue]

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=suite&db=*

Swet

I personaly pronounce it shiiiit LOL

[Sebatianos]

Originally posted by BeefontheBone@Dec 2 2005, 02:55 PM
It's definitely "sweet" - that's what the e on the end does, otherwise it'd be "sooot" as in what you wear.

You really think it's not a part of the furniture

[Danny252]

In English its suite. Thats because it comes from (I believe) french. Pronounced like 'Ensuite' but without the 'en'

[BeefontheBone]

Noibody I know pronounces the furniture thing as anything other than "sweet" - if you notice, the entry on dictionary.com listed "soot" as an alternative when talking about the furniture.

[Fruit Pie Jones]

Originally posted by BeefontheBone@Dec 2 2005, 06:55 AM
It's definitely "sweet" - that's what the e on the end does, otherwise it'd be "sooot" as in what you wear.

Yep, what he said. With the "e," it's "sweet." Without the "e," it's "soot" (rhyming with "boot," not "foot").

[swiss]

wow thank you ... you confused me even more now ...


so can we settle it on "sweet" for the English and "siooot" for the Americans ? (Wow that would help, coz' Adobe is from the USA)


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And what about suitcase? I learned to pronounce it "sioot".
And Suite like this thing you live in is "sweet".

But Adobe made a case full of cool software so wouldn't it be "sioot" like the suitcase then ????


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BTW: We all are sure that you say "Adobeeee" and not "Adobh", right?

[BeefontheBone]

A suit is an entirely different thing from a suite, which is why they have different words. A suitcase is a case for carrying a suit, so pronounced "soootcayse". And Adobe is definitely Add-oh-bee.

[ReamusLQ]

in america, suite is sweet

suit is soot

[BeefontheBone]

So, the same as here then. The only possible reason for confusion I can think of is that a minority of (posh) British people might pronounce suit as "sewt" to rhyme with newt.

[Fruit Pie Jones]

Originally posted by BeefontheBone@Dec 2 2005, 02:08 PM
And Adobe is definitely Add-oh-bee.

(Love the British/American thing, and I'll never tire of it, especially in the Grammar forum...although I'll consistently get it wrong.) What syllable are you accenting there? I say it like "a dough bee."