>A word over which there is some controversy is "Controversy".
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>I reckon the English pronunciation is con-TROV-ersy. But the country's split between that and (what I think is the US) controv-ERSY.

Terry;

In the United States it is pronounced by some as "con·tro·ver·sy".

With my San Francisco accent (we have at least 6 different accents within the city), it is "con·tra·ver·sy".

This is surely a controversial subject! :)

Tom