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Old 09-Apr-2006, 21:16
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Hi!!
I want tot know how do you say that word:

Top-less
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To-pless

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Hello Alc

I would say "to-pless".

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Topless, as in not wearing a shirt?
I'd pronounce it "top-less."
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I'd say top'less.

I'm also from North America (Canada).

There's an audio pronunciation here:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=topless
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I go with the flow here and I pronounce topless as top-less


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Interesting. If I try to say "top-less", I have to aspirate the P slightly. So I group the P with the "less".

Though it's not a word I use every day.

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I wish I used it every day!!

'topless
top'less.............

the first one.
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