A lot of people dislike the pronunciation (n´v-lp´´) because, they argue, it is pseudo-French and superfluous since there exists a perfectly acceptable Anglicized pronunciation. As a recent ballot shows, however, the (n´-) pronunciation is used by 30 percent of the Usage Panel and is recognized as an acceptable variant by about 20 percent of those panelists who normally use the (n´-) pronunciation.
n´v
-l
p´´) because, they argue, it is pseudo-French and superfluous since there exists a perfectly acceptable Anglicized pronunciation. As a recent ballot shows, however, the (
n´-) pronunciation.
