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Latest comment: 1 year ago by 70.59.238.212 in topic Audio is mispronouncing it?

I didn't know this was a word...

As far as I'm concerned, higgledy-piggledy has a long pedigree as a word. What it is not, is a synonym for willy-nilly. Willy-nilly is a corruption of "will he or nill he," in other words, "whether he wants to or not.''

Audio is mispronouncing it?

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Playing the pronunciation audio file, I can only hear "hig-alee-pig-alee" as though the two d's are not there at all. Mistake? 70.59.238.212 06:43, 21 October 2023 (UTC)Reply