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``HOW IS the word ``blasi'' pronounced?
The ``a'' in the first syllable is pronounced like the ``a'' in ``bath'', ``path'', and ``calf''. The ``e'' is like the ``ay'' in ``day'', ``bay'', and ``say''. The ``s'' is pronounced like the ``z'' in ``zebra'', ``zoo'', and ``zip''. As for the main stress, some dictionaries have it on the first syllable, while others have it on the second.
When you are blasi about something, you are not excited or worried about it; though those around you may find it exciting or important, etc. Of course, this impression that you create that you are bored and not excited could be just an act! Here are a few examples.
* When Shyam's parents heard that he had won two million dollars, they were excited. But Shyam himself was very blasi about it.
* Unlike her father, Sushmita is very blasi about parties.
* Bharath goes to America so often that he has become blasi about it.
Source:
The Hindu daily, Tuesday, January 09, 2001
1 comments:
The word BLASE is printed as BLASI everywhere in the article about its pronunciation.
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