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That’s interesting. The passage in the book to which this poll refers is the following:
Your pronunciation of hypothesis suggests that you’ve read the word, but not heard it spoken very often , which means you’ve not attended school. It isn’t hypo-thesis . . . It’s hýpothésis.
Obviously “school” here means “university”.
The two pronunciations being contrasted look to me like “hypo-thesis” = hy-PO-thesis, ‘o’ as in ‘both’, incorrect according to the author; and hýpothésis = HY-po-THE-sis, correct according to the author (and your childhood reading). I myself use neither; like the vast majority of respondents to the poll I say hy-POTH-esis, ‘o’ as in ‘bother’.
That’s interesting. The passage in the book to which this poll refers is the following:
Obviously “school” here means “university”.
The two pronunciations being contrasted look to me like “hypo-thesis” = hy-PO-thesis, ‘o’ as in ‘both’, incorrect according to the author; and hýpothésis = HY-po-THE-sis, correct according to the author (and your childhood reading). I myself use neither; like the vast majority of respondents to the poll I say hy-POTH-esis, ‘o’ as in ‘bother’.