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How do you pronounce this word?

verb606verb606 2,518 Posts
edited April 2009 in Strut Central
Via. As in, you can exit via the back door. I thought you pronounced it "VEE-uh," but my coworker repeatedly pronounces it "VY-uh," like a long I. I find it incredibly annoying. This goes along a number of other mispronunciations he does all the time that sort of roll up into a larger ball of annoyance. I would correct him, but I kind of prefer just letting him sound like an ass. Is one way correct, or are they both legit?

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  • jinx74jinx74 2,287 Posts
    i say veeuh but im pretty sure either way is fine to say. maybe the strong I is for fancy people.
  • 3RD_Man3RD_Man 213 Posts

    Pronunciation: ˈvī-ə, ˈvē-ə

    Either or...
  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    How do say Viaduct?

    It's the same word.


    If anything you are saying it the wrong way and coworker is correct.

    regards
    a fancy person.
  • shawnald_reaganshawnald_reagan 318 Posts
    aw shit. yer both right. damn evolving languages...
  • SmallAxeRickSmallAxeRick 497 Posts
    It comes from Latin. In Latin it would be "vee-ugh". "Vie-ugh" is a modern and accepted mispronunciation.
  • ZEN2ZEN2 1,540 Posts
    I believe "vē-ə" is technically an Anglicization of the Latin "ˈvī-ə".

    Short answer: they're both correct.
  • verb606verb606 2,518 Posts
    Thanks hommies. He mispronounces all kinds of shit so I don't know which way is up with him. He'll bust out "irregardless" from time to time, completely free of irony.
  • hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts
    I say VEE-uh unless I'm saying "VY-uh satellite" (which, admittedly, is rare).

    Let's add "NEE-ther" versus "NY-ther" to the discussion. I maintain that those who say "NY-ther" would never pronounce it that way when they say "Me neither."
  • verb606verb606 2,518 Posts
    oh man, you want to keep going with this?


    I'm a "NEE-ther" guy. Except when I'm trying to sound faux-haughty when saying the phrase, "neither here nor there" and then I'll say "NY-ther." That is not often, however.

    Normally, I'm one of the Knights who say NEE
  • hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts
    oh man, you want to keep going with this?


    I'm a "NEE-ther" guy. Except when I'm trying to sound faux-haughty when saying the phrase, "neither here nor there" and then I'll say "NY-ther." That is not often, however.

    Normally, I'm one of the Knights who say NEE

    But would you say, "Me NY-ther? Ever ever ever?
  • GaryGary 3,982 Posts
    I would say 야! 너 머야? ... 야 썅넘아 너 죽을래?
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