The Growlery - Environment

07:09 pm January 26th, 2007




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	Environment
	As promised, a bonus poll. I don't expect to need a separate analysis post for these - it's mostly out of curiosity given the analysis I did on 'iron/'irony'. Note that for 'environment', I'm not concerned as to whether you pronounce the N in the third syllable fully, indistinctly, or not at all; I'm really just interested in where the R sound ends up. I plan to do another poll early next week, with analysis to follow afterwards, as usual. Poll #914771 Environment Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All Which of the following best reflects how you pronounce the word 'environment'? View Answers en-vie-ur(n)-ment 30 (30.9%) en-vie-ru(n)-ment 47 (48.5%) I use both these pronunciations 20 (20.6%) Which of the following best reflects how you pronounce the word 'environs'? View Answers en-vie-runs 75 (78.9%) en-vie-urns 15 (15.8%) I use both these pronunciations 5 (5.3%) Which of the following best reflects how you pronounce the word 'siren'? View Answers sigh-ren 94 (97.9%) sigh-urn 0 (0.0%) I use both these pronunciations 2 (2.1%) Tags: language, word-polls, wp

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	From: miseri	Date: January 27th, 2007 12:58 am (UTC)		(Link)

Actually, I don't think I've ever said "environs" out loud before, though after some tasting, I suppose I'd say "en-vir-runs" if I weren't thinking about it.

But when I see the word in print, my brain thinks "onh-vee-ronh".

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	From: longpig	Date: January 27th, 2007 02:01 am (UTC)		(Link)

I say it the gay frenchy way. ONH-vee-ronh. :V

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	From: marnanel	Date: January 27th, 2007 02:22 am (UTC)		(Link)

I do too. I never really thought about it before. Gosh.

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	From: pauamma	Date: January 27th, 2007 01:36 am (UTC)		(Link)

I answered both for "environs", but actually I use neither. I don't think I ever said it aloud.

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	From: swestrup	Date: January 27th, 2007 08:19 am (UTC)		(Link)

Actually, I say it closer to en-vie-rons than en-vie-runs but that wasn't an option.

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	From: eytan_bernstein	Date: January 28th, 2007 02:49 am (UTC)		(Link)

I'm not positive, but I think I've heard the "rons" in environs pronounced like the name Ron (with an "s" at the end).

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	From: mktgurl	Date: January 29th, 2007 05:23 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Maybe these are locality or regional pronunciations? The closest that I get to environment and environs is the "ron" instead of "run" pronunciation. And, for the former word, I've heard it a lot where the middle "n" isn't pronounced at all. Hmm..

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	From: unkickablekitty	Date: August 18th, 2007 01:46 am (UTC)		(Link)

... I'm really weird.

en-vie-roh-ment
en-vie-rons
sigh-ren/sigh-run

Of course, I spent the first four years of my life pronouncing nearly *everything* incorrectly (stuttering/regular speech problems), so a lot of that is still with me.

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From: krilltish	Date: January 17th, 2008 02:08 am (UTC)		(Link)

No "n" in the middle of "environment"

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