Fellow Americans, is the word “realtors” supposed to be pronounced “real-tors” or “real-it-ors”?

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1. Real-terz

2. Mostly, I hear it pronounced “real-it-ors.” But I think there’s some national licensing body that stresses “real-tors” as correct. Like, in some sort of trademark-protecting way, maybe?

3. Real-i-tors

   The i in “ick”

4. I’ve never in my life heard anyone eat “real-it-ors.” Where are you hearing this?

5. Anything added between “real” and “tors” is erroneous. Just like when people say “ath-uh-lete” when the word is “ath-lete,” or “Tee-uh-wana” when the name is “Tee-hwana.”

6. I would say Real-it-ors`

7. Reel-ah-tors

   I think it’s a dialect thing, athlete is ath-lete here in my area though.