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All this time I have been pronouncing it wrong. I always pronounced it as "Regeena", staying true to the word's Latin roots (regina, reginae, feminine 1st declension meaning "queen"), only substituting the hard g with a soft g. It wasn't until I heard a sports broadcaster in Youtube pronounce it with a high i did I find out I was wrong. My Oxford Dictionary also pronounces it this way because the Brits refer to a reigning queen as the Regina. Anyways of late, even the local tourism organization attempted to pun the City's name with coarse slang and was met with criticism.
A former board member said it was an attempt to "sexualize" the City. I just thought it was poor taste but the joke does kind of goes back to the unusual pronunciation of the name. So I ask, ought the City reconsider the current pronunciation or is it all right to keep?
“What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet.” So declares Juliet as she laments the name of her beloved in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
I personally find the traditional British pronunciation Rejeena is softer and easier to roll off the tongue than the current pronunciation but that's just me. I don't object to the current way it's pronounced even if it has a somewhat harder sound to it but I do object to the immature, misogynistic and undignified crude sexualization of it by the tourism ignoramuses who tried to turn it into a joke. I'm glad the citizens of Regina objected to the offensive slogans and that the tourism organization have apologized for their social gaffe.
If the pronunciation of Regina ever becomes an issue I think the people of the province of Saskatchewan and the city of Regina would have Saskatchewan's provincial government put it to the public's vote to determine if the pronunciation should be changed back to the old traditional European way. It's their province, their capital city, their place, their business and their image. I'd accept and go along with whatever the people there voted for.
All this time I have been pronouncing it wrong. I always pronounced it as "Regeena", staying true to the word's Latin roots (regina, reginae, feminine 1st declension meaning "queen"), only substituting the hard g with a soft g. It wasn't until I heard a sports broadcaster in Youtube pronounce it with a high i did I find out I was wrong. My Oxford Dictionary also pronounces it this way because the Brits refer to a reigning queen as the Regina. Anyways of late, even the local tourism organization attempted to pun the City's name with coarse slang and was met with criticism.
A former board member said it was an attempt to "sexualize" the City. I just thought it was poor taste but the joke does kind of goes back to the unusual pronunciation of the name. So I ask, ought the City reconsider the current pronunciation or is it all right to keep?
Note that the city's name has always AFAIK been pronounced "rej-eye-nah". It's not something they did for the tourism campaign though obviously they tried to capitalize on this.
Note that the city's name has always AFAIK been pronounced "rej-eye-nah". It's not something they did for the tourism campaign though obviously they tried to capitalize on this.
Also "ree-jie-nah " Which is how I've said it all my life.
“What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet.” So declares Juliet as she laments the name of her beloved in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
I personally find the traditional British pronunciation Rejeena is softer and easier to roll off the tongue than the current pronunciation but that's just me. I don't object to the current way it's pronounced even if it has a somewhat harder sound to it but I do object to the immature, misogynistic and undignified crude sexualization of it by the tourism ignoramuses who tried to turn it into a joke. I'm glad the citizens of Regina objected to the offensive slogans and that the tourism organization have apologized for their social gaffe.
If the pronunciation of Regina ever becomes an issue I think the people of the province of Saskatchewan and the city of Regina would have Saskatchewan's provincial government put it to the public's vote to determine if the pronunciation should be changed back to the old traditional European way. It's their province, their capital city, their place, their business and their image. I'd accept and go along with whatever the people there voted for.
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Depends on which traditional accent in the UK. I've heard both.
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If we're being real, there's really no getting around the juvenile humor aspect of it. If it rhymed with something pertaining to the opposite gender, the tourism slogan issue wouldn't have been such a serious matter and more of a laughing one. Though I can't deny the "show us your Regina" in that context is a bit misogynistic. But Regina is what it is. Let them be called what they want I guess.
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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.
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.
Those limeys can't pronounce aluminum either.
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