# How do you pronounce "Wednesday?" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 15, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-wednesday/582022 "2011-05-15T20:26:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-wednesday/582022/21 "2011-05-15T22:58:24Z")
Do people really pronounce it Wed-nes-day? As in marry your '80s game console day? ---
**Author:** ![ColdPhoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@ColdPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-wednesday/582022/22 "2011-05-16T09:55:11Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Weddensday. Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-wednesday/582022/23 "2011-05-16T11:08:41Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Weddensday. That’s how I pronounce it, too: correctly. After a few beers, I might say “wenzday” but usually I’ll say it properly. I pronounce the T in “often” too. Like you’re supposed to. ---
**Author:** ![put\_down\_the\_sabre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@put\_down\_the\_sabre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/put_down_the_sabre)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-wednesday/582022/24 "2011-05-16T11:18:05Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > That’s how I pronounce it, too: correctly. > > After a few beers, I might say “wenzday” but usually I’ll say it properly. > > I pronounce the T in “often” too. Like you’re supposed to. Wouldn’t ‘correctly’ be wed-nes-day? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-wednesday/582022/25 "2011-05-16T11:57:22Z")
None of the above. It’s we.n’sday (the dot representing a nasal stop of some kind) ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-wednesday/582022/26 "2011-05-16T12:21:03Z")
> [@put\_down\_the\_sabre](#): > > Wouldn’t ‘correctly’ be wed-nes-day? No, that’d be phonetically. It’s _spelled_ wed-nes, it’s _pronounced_ wed-ens. Many words are pronounced in non-phonetic ways. I’m _hoping_ no-one actually pronounces it phonetically, but I suppose it’s inevitable. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-wednesday/582022/27 "2011-05-16T12:35:15Z")
I knew one person (an elderly lady) who pronounced it exactly as written - and it didn’t seem out of character with her dialect in general. I think there are probably regions in the UK where ‘wed-nes-day’ is the norm. ---
**Author:** ![put\_down\_the\_sabre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@put\_down\_the\_sabre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/put_down_the_sabre)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-wednesday/582022/28 "2011-05-16T17:32:28Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > No, that’d be phonetically. It’s _spelled_ wed-nes, it’s _pronounced_ wed-ens. Many words are pronounced in non-phonetic ways. I’m _hoping_ no-one actually pronounces it phonetically, but I suppose it’s inevitable. So I hope you’re consistent and not one of those idiots who gets worked up about ‘nucular’? pdts ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-wednesday/582022/29 "2011-05-16T17:42:42Z")
> [@ColdPhoenix](#): > > Me too. Me three. Or maybe up to 6 or 7 by now. I started life in Scotland, and have a few remnants from my long-lost accent: another being the correct pronunciation of “loch.” (i.e. not the same as “lock.”) ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-wednesday/582022/30 "2011-05-16T18:04:36Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > None of the above. It’s we.n’sday (the dot representing a nasal stop of some kind) This is how I pronounce it as well. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-wednesday/582022/31 "2011-05-16T18:15:43Z")
I have never said anything but wenz-di. Therefore that is correct and anything else is wrong, wrong, wrong. (So much for people who believe there is a “correct” pronunciation and anything else is wrong. How do you pronounce “pronunciation”? Maybe pro-nun-see-ate-i-on?) ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-wednesday/582022/32 "2011-05-16T18:39:52Z")
I voted for the second choice, but the “d” is very quiet. I don’t know the word for it, though I know there is one to describe when there’s definitely a place for the letter but it’s not clearly pronounced. My tongue definitely makes a “d” motion without pronouncing it, or if I’m trying, it’s very quiet. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-wednesday/582022/33 "2011-05-16T18:41:56Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > I have also heard many of my older Ohio relatives end the days of the week in “-dee.” Yeah, if I’m not careful, it comes out “Wens-dee.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-wednesday/582022.md?page=1)