# Nausea

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nausea/330744>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 12, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nausea/330744 "2005-11-12T17:34:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nausea/330744/1 "2005-11-12T17:34:39Z")

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A commercial just pronounced it ‘nah-zhuh’. It occured to me that I pronounce it ‘nah-zee-uh’, or occasionally, ‘nah-see-uh’.

Which is the most common pronunciation?

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**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nausea/330744/2 "2005-11-12T17:46:52Z")

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I say “nah-zee-ah”, but “nah-zhuh” isn’t outside the realm of reasonableness, IMO. Hell, I’m just grateful when someone doesn’t say “I feel nauseous.”