Is it /pEEnguins/ or /pAYnguins/?
According to the never-fail resource of dictionary.com, neither of us is right. It's /pEHnguins/.
Now you know.
6.01.2009
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
So after 11 years, one might think that my husband and I (hailing from different regions of the country) would have come to the point of agreeing to disagree about "correct" pronunciation (aunt = /ant/ vs. /ont/). I thought we had. He thought we had. However, in light of the Stanley Cup Finals, we have come to a new word that is the cause of much laughter - and arguing - in our house these days.
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you could've just asked jEHn (not jin, or jee-uhn)! :) i have a friend who pronounces it pain-go-wins...
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