so listen to the champion spotlight for nid, i know its spelled without that "a" but we still pronounce it in the word. i didnt write the dictionary but im a bit of a stickler for pronunciation.
assuming fof course you mean the word that describes her to be like a beast (beastial) and not some pun about nid being the best(ial)
Thus the pronunciation that the OP states is correct.
both are correct. the pronunciation i posted shows that according to m-w.com there are four accepted variations. it might look a little odd since it's a polysyllabic word that has four pronunciations of one syllable and only one pronunciation of the other, so they use a 'shorthand' way of writing that. written out, the four variations are:
ˈbes-chəl
ˈbesh-chəl
ˈbēs-chəl
ˈbēsh-chəl
these variations are all acceptable in the united states. if there were regional variations, it would look something like this:
\ˈske-(ˌ)jül, -jəl, canada also ˈshe-, british usually ˈshe-(ˌ)dyül\
which should be a familiar distinction if you've seen audrey heburn's roman holiday.
bestial is pronounced beastial
assuming fof course you mean the word that describes her to be like a beast (beastial) and not some pun about nid being the best(ial)
Thus the pronunciation that the OP states is correct.
ˈbes-chəl
ˈbesh-chəl
ˈbēs-chəl
ˈbēsh-chəl
these variations are all acceptable in the united states. if there were regional variations, it would look something like this:
\ˈske-(ˌ)jül, -jəl, canada also ˈshe-, british usually ˈshe-(ˌ)dyül\
which should be a familiar distinction if you've seen audrey heburn's roman holiday.