quote:

Her euphoria was short-lived.

live can be pronounced to rhyme with hive, or to rhyme with give.

Question:
How would you pronounce it as the last syllable of the sentence above? Is this a UK/US thing?

Choices:
rhymes with hive; I'm a Brit
rhymes with hive; I'm a USn
rhymes with give; I'm a Brit
rhymes with give; I'm a USn

 

In the Chicago Tribune they used to have a section called "Tempo." Recently it has been changed to "Live!" Neither Shu nor I know how they want us to pronounce it. It's funny because some days we say it with a short "i," while on others we say it with the long "i." I've even thought about calling the Tribune to ask what they'd intended.