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benjiweber
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English has been my pain for 15 years
Antithesis sounds close to Anti thesis in English (As opposed to American English)
rmccue
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In Australian English, it's "ann-tith-iss-iss" versus "ann-tee thee-sis"; I imagined British English would have been the same. Interesting to learn.
jstanley
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I'm British and I pronounce it "ann-tith-iss-iss"
lotsofcows
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There's much more stress on the first e in thesis than there is in antithesis.
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