TRIVIAL PURSUITS: How Is the Word Primer Pronounced?

One definition of the word “primer” is “any book of elementary principles.”

When used in this sense, how is the word “primer” pronounced?

 

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When discussing a book that teaches the basics of some discipline, the word “primer” should be pronounced with a short “i” as with the word “rim.”
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