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How do pronounce spongiform?

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Spong and form are just like the words sponge and form. The i is a short i, like the i which appears in the word in. There is just a slight emphasis on the first syllable.

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"Spongiform" is pronounced as "SPUHN-juh-form," with the emphasis on the first syllable.

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