A pronunciation question....

[fajrdrako]

The phrase of the day on 'a word a day' today was "devil's advocate", a phrase I've always liked. But it surprised me by saying that "advocate" was pronounced "advo-kate". When "advocate" is a noun, I pronounce it "advo-cat".

Have I been wrong all these years?

(If so, won't be the first time, won't be the last.)

Comments

[dameruth.livejournal.com]

Those are the respective noun/verb pronunciations I've always used, so it's not just you . . .

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Seems to me that the entry was... a little confused. Usually 'a word a day' is very trustworthy about that sort of thing.