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The American Heritage® Book of English Usage.
A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English.  1996.

7. Pronunciation Challenges: Confusions and Controversy

§ 70. ebullience / ebullient


Traditionally, these are pronounced (-bl´yns) and (-bl´ynt), with a short u in the second syllable as in gull. This is apparently still the preferred pronunciation in British English. In American English, the variant pronunciations (-bl´yns) and (-bl´ynt), with the second syllable like bull, are now equally common.    1


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