Do people really pronounce it Wed-nes-day? As in marry your '80s game console day?
Me too.
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?
None of the above. It’s we.n’sday (the dot representing a nasal stop of some kind)
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.
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.
So I hope you’re consistent and not one of those idiots who gets worked up about ‘nucular’?
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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.”)
This is how I pronounce it as well.
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?)
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.
Yeah, if I’m not careful, it comes out “Wens-dee.”