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Re:Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge by gnabgib on Thursday April 23, 2026 @08:24PM (#47884011)
What's your reference? Cambridge: /ˈvæl.eɪ/ https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/valet

(britannica[0], merriam-webster[1])

[0]: https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/eb/audio?word=va%2Alet...

[1]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/valet

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Re:Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge by pants2 on Thursday April 23, 2026 @09:06PM (#47884301)
Your Merriam Webster source has "val-it" as the first pronunciation (but I think in this case both are correct and valit is less common)
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Re:Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge by gnabgib on Thursday April 23, 2026 @09:11PM (#47884329)
It does.. and I've never heard anyone say it that way (and I appreciate that you chose the only dictionary that gave anything close to your argument).. but that's still nothing like "ballot".
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