A man whose formal education amounts to 5th grade (a 10 year old's) gives an English lesson:
I believe if one would identify as something, one should be able to pronounce it.
The proper pronunciation of androgyne:
It's an DRAH JIN EE An DRAH JIN EE
Not an DRAH JIN or an DRAH GINE
AN DRAH JIN EE
Say it with me - AN DRAH JIN EE An DRAH JIN EE
Class dismissed.
Quote from: Renate on January 24, 2008, 06:19:47 AM
Then maybé it should be spelled "androgyné".
Quote from: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/androgyne
Pronunciation
AN-dro-jine
Renate
Exactly. There's an E at the end. It's not an-dro-jin. It's an-dro-jine.
I was always in advanced placement English. Not all English words follow suit. In this case, it's pronounced with the E.
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
~ William Shakespeare
-Emerald :icon_mrgreen:
Maybe your thinking of Androgyny as the word for that pronounciation.
I've tried a few pronunciations of this, and none of them have ended 'nee'
Yes, yes, we know you have.
...but not andra-jine-ee.
Quote from: Pica Pica on January 24, 2008, 04:29:18 PM
...but not andra-jine-ee.
Thought you were a good and diligent student. Silly me.
Read your lesson.
Quote from: Nero on January 24, 2008, 06:06:22 AM
A man whose formal education amounts to 5th grade (a 10 year old's) gives an English lesson:
I believe if one would identify as something, one should be able to pronounce it.
The proper pronunciation of androgyne:
It's an DRAH JIN EE An DRAH JIN EE
Not an DRAH JIN or an DRAH GINE
AN DRAH JIN EE
Say it with me - AN DRAH JIN EE An DRAH JIN EE
Class dismissed.
Androgyny is pronounced with the ee on the end: an-DRO-ji-nee ( http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/androgyny (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/androgyny) )
Androgyne is not. It's pronounced ANDro-jyne ( http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/androgyne (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/androgyne) )
Dennis
Quote from: Dennis on January 24, 2008, 04:47:58 PM
Androgyny is pronounced with the ee on the end: an-DRO-ji-nee ( http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/androgyny (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/androgyny) )
Androgyne is not. It's pronounced ANDro-jyne ( http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/androgyne (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/androgyne) )
Dennis
Thanks for bringing out the dictionary, Den.
But Nero says there's an E.
Yes I have always pronounced it:
Androgyne-ANDRO-JIN
Androngyny- AN-DRAH-JINEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE