How do you pronounce...

basmic · 21 Mar 2006 at 19:19

How do you pronounce the word archive?

Just hear somebody say ar-chive.

I, personally, say ar-kive.

Who is correct - if either of us are.

Otacon · 21 Mar 2006 at 19:20

basmic said:
ar-kive.

Blackstar · 21 Mar 2006 at 19:20

I say ar-kive. Don't know about anyone else.

KaHn · 21 Mar 2006 at 19:20

personally i pronounce it arc-hive

KaHn

delta555 · 21 Mar 2006 at 19:21

A bit like a pirate would. Arrrrrrrrrrrrkive

robmiller · 21 Mar 2006 at 19:21

ar-kive without any possible doubt. It's not a skown/skonn issue, ar-kive is categorically correct and ar-chive isn't.

loltim · 21 Mar 2006 at 19:22

ar-kive.

William · 21 Mar 2006 at 19:22

delta555 said:
A bit like a pirate would. Arrrrrrrrrrrrkive

basmic · 21 Mar 2006 at 19:25

Good to know I'm right...not a rarity, of course.

iCraig · 21 Mar 2006 at 19:32

arse-kive.

Usher · 21 Mar 2006 at 19:33

How many of you know how to pronounce the famous waxworks 'madam Tussaud ' ?.

Its pronounced two- so & not toosword , 99.9% of the nation get it wrong & that includes TV & the media

RandomTom · 21 Mar 2006 at 19:33

Ar-kive definitely, oh and I love how some people mispronounce words, myself included. I used to say "jilly" for gilly and "porned" for pwned. But a female friend of mine says "lin-guh-ree" instead of lingerie (lon-jer-ay), with a bit of a french tinge, it sounds really common lol.

Ah well, horses for courses.

iCraig · 21 Mar 2006 at 19:36

Usher said:
How many of you know how to pronounce the famous waxworks 'madam Tussaud ' ?.

Its pronounced two- so & not toosword , 99.9% of the nation get it wrong & that includes TV & the media

I think you've made that figure up mate.

I've heard loads of people pronounce it properly, including the BBC.

loltim · 21 Mar 2006 at 19:36

What about 'either', ee-ver or eye-ver?

iCraig · 21 Mar 2006 at 19:37

Tim said:
What about 'either', ee-ver or eye-ver?

Neither, ee-vah.
Other, under egg wtf.

RandomTom · 21 Mar 2006 at 19:47

Tim said:
What about 'either', ee-ver or eye-ver?

both, same with neither.

Greg · 21 Mar 2006 at 20:01

arc-kyve

anyone else who doesn't pronounce it this way is wrong and just plain stupid! Its a simple english word!

Tru · 21 Mar 2006 at 20:05

Tim said:
What about 'either', ee-ver or eye-ver?

Trick question, people who replace 'th' with 'v' need shot and re-educated.

Greg · 21 Mar 2006 at 20:05

Tim said:
What about 'either', ee-ver or eye-ver?

None of the above! The 'th' should not be replaced with a 'v'. You dont say 've' when you want to say 'the', just like you dont say 'vere' when you want to say 'there'. Its the the same for any of the 'th' beginning words.

This is all simple, and basic english. This sounds petty, but people who do the above need to be re-educated!! The word 'Either' is pronounced one of the following ways:

'ee-th-errrr'

or

'aye-the-errr'

Valo · 21 Mar 2006 at 20:05

ar-kive