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post 18/02/2013, 06:36 PM
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How do you pronounce nee, as in Samantha Jones nee Smith?
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post 18/02/2013, 06:40 PM
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Not entirely sure, but I know how to pronounce pronunciation original.gif

I would say nee as KNEE but I have heard it pronounced NAY. The first one sounds right to me, but I could be wrong.
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post 18/02/2013, 06:40 PM
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As it is written.
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post 18/02/2013, 06:43 PM
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Ooops just realised where I posted this laugh.gif Mods could you please move to Misc. ?
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post 18/02/2013, 06:44 PM
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Knee
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post 18/02/2013, 06:49 PM
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Always said knee, but never checked I was saying it correctly!
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post 18/02/2013, 06:50 PM
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Really? I have been pronouncing it as "nay" ... oh dear ... have I been mispronouncing it all these years?
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post 18/02/2013, 06:53 PM
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All my years of French and I remember this as NAY being a derivative of the word naitre (meaning birth).


http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nee

This post has been edited by Juki: 18/02/2013, 06:55 PM
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post 18/02/2013, 06:57 PM
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Definitely not "knee"!

"Nay" is closer, but you don't say the second half of the diphthong.
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post 18/02/2013, 07:04 PM
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I have moved it to misc for you original.gif
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