Only mad scientists on either side of the Atlantic pronounce all the syllables. It was kind of a shibboleth for us until all those movies came out and people caught on.
https://www.quora.com/Why-do-Americans-pronounce-the-word-laboratory-as-labratory-They-spell-it-correctly-but-I-wonder-if-theyre-all-dyslexic/answer/Claire-Jordan-10
@medigoth
Why do Brits pronoun methane as "ME thane"? And that extra "i" in aluminum. They seem to be stuck on "me" and "I" a lot.
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