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How is the word "beat" pronounced in the following sentence? The Australians beat us quite easily.

(V. Ganesh, Madurai)

It rhymes with "meat", "seat", and "heat". Some people pronounce it like the word "bet". It is wrong to pronounce it this way.

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And God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light, but the Electricity Board said he would have to wait until Thursday to be connected. . — Spike Milligan

S. Upendran

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