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Pronuciation
Just a trivia question... hope you don't mind settling a point of
discussion.
What is the proper pronuciation of the word "Maven"? I have been using
mey-vuh n with the a as in "bacon" or "gate".
I have heard the a pronounced as in fact or back.
Anyone?
Thanks
Re: Pronuciation
Posted by Lee Meador <le...@leemeador.com>.
Point well taken.
On 9/13/07, Andrew Williams <an...@handyande.co.uk> wrote:
>
> 3 our of 4 of those examples don't count - only maverick has vowel-
> consonant-vowel :)
>
> On 5 Sep 2007, at 18:07, Lee Meador wrote:
>
> > Except in "mattress" or "matrimony" or "mad" or "maverick" where
> > the 'a' is
> > pronounced as in "dad".
> >
> > English is funny because we stole words from almost every other
> > language on
> > the globe so any rule tends to have lots of exceptions. We just
> > keep the
> > pronunciation or some mangled version of it from the other language.
> >
> > -- Lee
> >
> > On 8/15/07, Roberto del Fuego <ro...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> From an English linguistics viewpoint, as a rule of thumb,
> >> whenever you
> >> have
> >> vowel-consonant-vowel (as in mAVEn), the first vowel sound is
> >> pronounced
> >> its
> >> 'long' way (a as in ape as opposed to a as in fact). So I think
> >> you are
> >> right!
> >>
> >> Roberto
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Wayne Fay" <wa...@gmail.com>
> >> To: "Maven Users List" <us...@maven.apache.org>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:23 PM
> >> Subject: Re: Pronuciation
> >>
> >>
> >>> I am not an expert in this matter, but I have always pronounced it
> >>> may-vin. If you check the Oxford dictionary, it seems this is the
> >>> "right" way to pronounce this word.
> >>>
> >>> http://www.askoxford.com/results/?view=dict&freesearch=maven
> >>>
> >>> Wayne
> >>>
> >>> On 8/13/07, brad hadfield <br...@pitchpointsolutions.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Just a trivia question... hope you don't mind settling a point of
> >>>> discussion.
> >>>>
> >>>> What is the proper pronuciation of the word "Maven"? I have been
> >>>> using
> >>>> mey-vuhn with the a as in "bacon" or "gate".
> >>>>
> >>>> I have heard the a pronounced as in fact or back.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Anyone?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>
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> >>
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> >
> >
> > --
> > -- Lee Meador
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Re: Pronuciation
Posted by Andrew Williams <an...@handyande.co.uk>.
3 our of 4 of those examples don't count - only maverick has vowel-
consonant-vowel :)
On 5 Sep 2007, at 18:07, Lee Meador wrote:
> Except in "mattress" or "matrimony" or "mad" or "maverick" where
> the 'a' is
> pronounced as in "dad".
>
> English is funny because we stole words from almost every other
> language on
> the globe so any rule tends to have lots of exceptions. We just
> keep the
> pronunciation or some mangled version of it from the other language.
>
> -- Lee
>
> On 8/15/07, Roberto del Fuego <ro...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> From an English linguistics viewpoint, as a rule of thumb,
>> whenever you
>> have
>> vowel-consonant-vowel (as in mAVEn), the first vowel sound is
>> pronounced
>> its
>> 'long' way (a as in ape as opposed to a as in fact). So I think
>> you are
>> right!
>>
>> Roberto
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Wayne Fay" <wa...@gmail.com>
>> To: "Maven Users List" <us...@maven.apache.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:23 PM
>> Subject: Re: Pronuciation
>>
>>
>>> I am not an expert in this matter, but I have always pronounced it
>>> may-vin. If you check the Oxford dictionary, it seems this is the
>>> "right" way to pronounce this word.
>>>
>>> http://www.askoxford.com/results/?view=dict&freesearch=maven
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>>
>>> On 8/13/07, brad hadfield <br...@pitchpointsolutions.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Just a trivia question... hope you don't mind settling a point of
>>>> discussion.
>>>>
>>>> What is the proper pronuciation of the word "Maven"? I have been
>>>> using
>>>> mey-vuhn with the a as in "bacon" or "gate".
>>>>
>>>> I have heard the a pronounced as in fact or back.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Anyone?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>
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>>> -
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>>>
>>
>>
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>
>
> --
> -- Lee Meador
> Sent from gmail. My real email address is lee AT leemeador.com
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Re: Pronuciation
Posted by Lee Meador <le...@leemeador.com>.
Except in "mattress" or "matrimony" or "mad" or "maverick" where the 'a' is
pronounced as in "dad".
English is funny because we stole words from almost every other language on
the globe so any rule tends to have lots of exceptions. We just keep the
pronunciation or some mangled version of it from the other language.
-- Lee
On 8/15/07, Roberto del Fuego <ro...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> From an English linguistics viewpoint, as a rule of thumb, whenever you
> have
> vowel-consonant-vowel (as in mAVEn), the first vowel sound is pronounced
> its
> 'long' way (a as in ape as opposed to a as in fact). So I think you are
> right!
>
> Roberto
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wayne Fay" <wa...@gmail.com>
> To: "Maven Users List" <us...@maven.apache.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Pronuciation
>
>
> >I am not an expert in this matter, but I have always pronounced it
> > may-vin. If you check the Oxford dictionary, it seems this is the
> > "right" way to pronounce this word.
> >
> > http://www.askoxford.com/results/?view=dict&freesearch=maven
> >
> > Wayne
> >
> > On 8/13/07, brad hadfield <br...@pitchpointsolutions.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Just a trivia question... hope you don't mind settling a point of
> >> discussion.
> >>
> >> What is the proper pronuciation of the word "Maven"? I have been using
> >> mey-vuhn with the a as in "bacon" or "gate".
> >>
> >> I have heard the a pronounced as in fact or back.
> >>
> >>
> >> Anyone?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@maven.apache.org
> > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@maven.apache.org
> >
>
>
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>
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-- Lee Meador
Sent from gmail. My real email address is lee AT leemeador.com
Re: Pronuciation
Posted by Roberto del Fuego <ro...@googlemail.com>.
>From an English linguistics viewpoint, as a rule of thumb, whenever you have
vowel-consonant-vowel (as in mAVEn), the first vowel sound is pronounced its
'long' way (a as in ape as opposed to a as in fact). So I think you are
right!
Roberto
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Fay" <wa...@gmail.com>
To: "Maven Users List" <us...@maven.apache.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: Pronuciation
>I am not an expert in this matter, but I have always pronounced it
> may-vin. If you check the Oxford dictionary, it seems this is the
> "right" way to pronounce this word.
>
> http://www.askoxford.com/results/?view=dict&freesearch=maven
>
> Wayne
>
> On 8/13/07, brad hadfield <br...@pitchpointsolutions.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Just a trivia question... hope you don't mind settling a point of
>> discussion.
>>
>> What is the proper pronuciation of the word "Maven"? I have been using
>> mey-vuhn with the a as in "bacon" or "gate".
>>
>> I have heard the a pronounced as in fact or back.
>>
>>
>> Anyone?
>>
>> Thanks
>
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Re: Pronuciation
Posted by Wayne Fay <wa...@gmail.com>.
I am not an expert in this matter, but I have always pronounced it
may-vin. If you check the Oxford dictionary, it seems this is the
"right" way to pronounce this word.
http://www.askoxford.com/results/?view=dict&freesearch=maven
Wayne
On 8/13/07, brad hadfield <br...@pitchpointsolutions.com> wrote:
>
>
> Just a trivia question... hope you don't mind settling a point of discussion.
>
> What is the proper pronuciation of the word "Maven"? I have been using mey-vuhn with the a as in "bacon" or "gate".
>
> I have heard the a pronounced as in fact or back.
>
>
> Anyone?
>
> Thanks
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Re: Pronuciation
Posted by Amene Mahboobi <ma...@yahoo.com>.
it is like bacon, check dictionary!
brad hadfield <br...@pitchpointsolutions.com> wrote: Just a trivia question... hope you don't mind settling a point of discussion.
What is the proper pronuciation of the word "Maven"? I have been using mey-vuhn with the a as in "bacon" or "gate".
I have heard the a pronounced as in fact or back.
Anyone?
Thanks
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