I've always heard it pronounced incorrectly as "ek setra". And now I'm wondering if it's unusual to pronounce the last word with all three syllables, as I do...
If you hate this as much as I do, don't listen to Sweet and Tender Hooligan by The Smiths. It's a great song, but the last minute or so is horror.
Yeah, true. To the point where I suppose it's basically standard in a bunch of regional dialects.
I believe it's a common mispronounciation, but I have come across this quite often.
I've lived my whole life in the United States, lived I two very different and distance parts, traveled around the country.
I've never heard this. like ever.
Ok, so our experiences differ. Not a big deal.
I think you may be hearing something else and interpreting it as "ect." I also am from the US and have never once in my entire life heard this.
People spell it e-c-t. I have heard it often. I can't help it that you haven't!
I have - and I distinctly remember doing it myself as a small child and being corrected by my teacher. (I'm English by the way).