The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #116819   Message #2512928
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
11-Dec-08 - 04:39 PM
Thread Name: BS: Warning: Bibliophiles in Public Library
Subject: RE: BS: Warning: Bibliophiles in Public Library
'...how do you pronounce "paedophile" '

I'd say the "paed" to rhyme with "weed", but I've often heard it pronounced to rhyme with "fed". (Oxford Dictionary backs my pronunciation.)