The Pronunciation of Saskatchewan's Capital (condos, houses, buying)

[Natnasci]

Originally Posted by cdnirene

Google has the pronunciation right: https://translate.google.com/

If you select English for the left field and type one word - Regina - Google pronounces it the British way. If instead you type two words - Regina Saskatchewan - Google pronounces Regina the way people in Regina pronounce it.

To be fair, Google is giving only one English ( British ) way of pronouncing it, as my earlier link showed.

The Cambridge dictionary has this link, which is also just giving one way to pronounce it. However it's the same for the Uk and the US.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pro...english/regina

The plot thickens!

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by poncho62

Those limeys can't pronounce aluminum either.

I'd say they're probably pronounce it right, given that it's a British who first named it as "aluminium".

Even though I myself when speaking in English will say it the (North) American way.

[Acajack]

What about the name of the province?

It's common to hear "sas-katch-uh-wawn", but people in the province in my experience generally say "sas-katch-win".

[Suesbal]

Originally Posted by Acajack

I'd say they're probably pronounce it right, given that it's a British who first named it as "aluminium".

Even though I myself when speaking in English will say it the (North) American way.

How is it pronounced in French?

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Suesbal

How is it pronounced in French?

Very similar to the British way.

[Natnasci]

Another UK clip, of them pronouncing it, the same we do for Regina, Saskatchewan.

It seems the British seem to pronounce it both ways?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_3vxZiiNGk

[Urban Peasant]

Originally Posted by Natnasci

Another UK clip, of them pronouncing it, the same we do for Regina, Saskatchewan.

It seems the British seem to pronounce it both ways?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_3vxZiiNGk

Yes, my Oxford dictionary also has the pronunciation with the high i vowel as in this clip. Why the Brits pronounced it this way, I do not know. As Porterjack alluded to, Louise, the Duchess of Argyll was the one who named the city after her mother, Queen Victoria so that might have had some bearing on the name's pronunciation. Perhaps Regina with the high i was originally a Royal pronunciation intended to put emphasis on the second syllable is my guess.

[NJ Brazen_3133]

I believe it is suppose to rhyme with the name for the female reproductive organ.

Here is a native of Saskatchewan saying it


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_H7eLL4FgU

[porterjack]

Originally Posted by poncho62

Those limeys can't pronounce aluminum either.

i say what, thats fighting talk pardner

[Natnasci]

Originally Posted by Urban Peasant

Yes, my Oxford dictionary also has the pronunciation with the high i vowel as in this clip. Why the Brits pronounced it this way, I do not know. As Porterjack alluded to, Louise, the Duchess of Argyll was the one who named the city after her mother, Queen Victoria so that might have had some bearing on the name's pronunciation. Perhaps Regina with the high i was originally a Royal pronunciation intended to put emphasis on the second syllable is my guess.

It would be interesting to know which accents in the UK pronounce it with the high I vowel, or if it's just a class distinction?

I have encountered some people who thought the English Canadian way of pronouncing Saskatchewan's capital, was because Canadians didn't know any better, and were mispronouncing the word, when clearly, our pronunciation has it's roots back to the UK.