# How do you pronounce 'envelope'? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 11, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-envelope/922730 "2020-10-11T18:47:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-envelope/922730/61 "2020-10-19T19:57:48Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Related question: Is your father’s sister your “ant” or your “ahnt”? That always made me think he was calling her one of those big animated trees that went up against Saruman. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-envelope/922730/62 "2020-10-19T21:04:56Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > aised in central PA, but largely got rid of the Central PA accent (e.g. our nation’s capital is not Warshington) due to chorus, studying several foreign languages, and living in NC for 12 years. When you were a kid did you draw with crowns? You know, like Crayola crowns. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-envelope/922730/63 "2020-10-20T03:51:44Z")
crens Do you more often say oh-MAAHZH or AH-midge? ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-envelope/922730/64 "2020-10-20T12:43:28Z")
One or two teachers tried to teach us to draw with crowns… but I tended to use crans instead :D. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-envelope/922730/65 "2020-10-20T21:00:07Z")
For me, raised in Maine, it’s Envelope. And Ahnt. How about where you keep silverware? In the silverware “draw?” I mean you draw it out to access it. It might actually be closer to “dror.” Definitely one syllable. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-envelope/922730/66 "2020-10-21T05:15:48Z")
Dictionaries say it’s pronounced hŏm’ ĭj > **[The American Heritage Dictionary entry: homage](https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=homage)** > > The American Heritage Dictionary entry: homage ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-envelope/922730/67 "2020-10-21T22:24:05Z")
I say ‘en’, my wife says ‘on’. But she also says onchilada, which makes me grind my teeth. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-envelope/922730/68 "2020-10-22T03:39:23Z")
like it’s spelled: en-vel-ope ---
**Author:** ![albino\_manatee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/albino_manatee/32/2_2.png) [@albino\_manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/albino_manatee)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-envelope/922730/69 "2020-10-23T12:56:23Z")
en … as in “n”. ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-envelope/922730/70 "2020-10-23T13:02:55Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Ahnvelope people always seem to be the same ones who say miss-chee-vee-us for mischievous. Of course, that pronunciation of mischievous is just wrong according to all dictionaries. Don’t think that generalization is quite correct, as I know how to pronounce mis-che-vous. However, I have found that folks who mispronounce michievous also tend to say “irregardless”, which is worse than nails on a blackboard to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-envelope/922730.md?page=3)