Wordie: Apostate: Comments

Comment by qroqqa, 3 months ago

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:51:35 +0000

I was interested to learn in John Wells's phonetic blog of 1 July 2008 that the traditional pronunciation of this is stressed on the /pɒ/. He says dictionaries only give /əˈpɒsteɪt/, though actually the OED (2nd ed.) gives only /əˈpɒstət/ with weak final syllable. I have always thought of it the way the BBC said it, viz /ˈæpəsteɪt/, though of course I've presumably never actually heard it or had occasion to say it.

Comment by kewpid, 8 months ago

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:04:13 +0000

It seems like every bloody article mentioning John McCain describes him as an “apostate”.

Comment by seanahan, about 1 year ago

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:41:29 +0000

David Eddings uses this word to describe a character in the Belgariad.

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:03:39 +0000

Only at the apostake.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:08:37 +0000

We found an apostate, may we burn her?

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:12:00 +0000

Or they may apply it to themselves ironically, acknowledging that *they* consider *me* an apostate.

Comment by addendumb, about 1 year ago

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:49:45 +0000

Very few former believers call themselves apostates and they generally consider this term to be a pejorative.