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Poll #4485 pronunciation

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How do you pronounce the word "denouement"?

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DAY-new-mon
27 (55.1%)

duh-NOW-mint
6 (12.2%)

some other way which I will explain in comments
16 (32.7%)

What region are you from that most defines your speech patterns?

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I can't figure out if I'm being snooty because I took a lot of French in school or if my classmates are philistines. Hmm. Is "philistine" a culturally insensitive insult or is it okay that it's been repurposed since they are not an extant ethnic group? Serious question.

ETA: ahahaha. Between forvo and dictionary.com I have found support for ANY of the three syllables being the emphasis syllable in English.