En-vel-ope or On-vel-ope

meoklmrk91

Settle an argument for me AH, I pronounce it On-vel-ope, my friends think its funny and that I am posh for pronouncing it this way, what way do you pronounce it?

MadsL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXh6kFqjY_s

The Backwards Man

On-vel-ope

Letter-sleeve.

Ihatecuddles-old

On-vel-ope

Envelope !

KeithM89

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

I pronounce it On-vel-ope

WRONG!!!!

meoklmrk91

MadsL wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXh6kFqjY_s

Saw that when I googled it but in the comments people are arguing about it, now I know that YouTube comments are obviously not the best place to be gathering information but one says that it was a French word adopted into the English language, like say en suite or en route.

7ofBrian

On-vel-ope

Gar-idge or Gar-odge?

meoklmrk91

Scylla wrote: »

WRONG!!!!

Proof?

7ofBrian wrote: »

Gar-idge or Gar-odge?

Good point, but both are correct, are they not?

wretcheddomain

On-vel-ope

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

what way do you pronounce it?

Letter Receptacle.

Jimmy Iovine

On-vel-ope

MadsL wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXh6kFqjY_s

Some of the pronunciation videos are hilarious.

Such an easy way to get 500k views.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_2mWUPwOno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFR9K7clXcU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq7n2zWA3CU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxEA5UFpTGw

1ZRed

On-vel-ope

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

Settle an argument for me AH, I pronounce it On-vel-ope, my friends think its funny and that I am posh for pronouncing it this way, what way do you pronounce it?

Pretentious hipster

jaydoxx

I'm gonna go ahead and say both are ok, but personally en-vel-ope sounds kinda wrong somehow. Same with the Irish pronunciation of garage and mall, not incorrect but sound f**king awful IMO.

The Backwards Man

On-vel-ope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya8-ZKcOhiY

1ZRed

On-vel-ope

jaydoxx wrote: »

I'm gonna go ahead and say both are ok, but personally en-vel-ope sounds kinda wrong somehow. Same with the Irish pronunciation of garage and mall, not incorrect but sound f**king awful IMO.

Do you also say "scon" instead of "scOWN!" like that dickhead Rachel Allen too? :pac:

PizzamanIRL

On the slopes.

jaydoxx

1ZRed wrote: »

Do you also say "scon" instead of "scOWN!" like that dickhead Rachel Allen too? :pac:

I say scone, but I don't have a fit when people pronounce it the fancy/wrong way

Jordan 199

On-vel-ope

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Letter-sleeve.

I like it.

LizT

On-vel-ope

Thread needs more poll.

Crooked Jack

On-vel-ope

I imagine people who say on-velope are the same type of people who say s-kone

April O Neill

On-vel-ope

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

Settle an argument for me AH, I pronounce it On-vel-ope, my friends think its funny and that I am posh for pronouncing it this way, what way do you pronounce it?

Either is grand. I say en-vel-ope.

meoklmrk91

LizT wrote: »

Thread needs more poll.

Accidentally clicked start new thread before ticking the poll box, any chance of a helping hand mod?

TheChizler

On-vel-ope

En-velope, strawberry jam and Barry's tea please and thank you very much, I wake up at nine, you can leave it outside the bedroom door.

Ihatecuddles-old

On-vel-ope

TheChizler wrote: »

En-velope, strawberry jam and Barry's tea please and thank you very much, I wake up at nine, you can leave it outside the bedroom door.

An envelope full of jam and tea bags!?

TheChizler

On-vel-ope

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

An envelope full of jam and tea bags!?

Clearly you spread the jam on the en-velope.

On second thoughts I'll just have toast.

Mr.Prodston

On-vel-ope

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

An envelope full of jam and tea bags!?

Yeah you coat the ENvelope with jam so that when you pour the water in the paper won't fall apart. It's all the craze in opposite land I hear.

LizT

On-vel-ope

Poll added

The Backwards Man

On-vel-ope

LizT wrote: »

.

Are you drunker than me?:p

LizT

On-vel-ope

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Are you drunker than me?:p

Ssssh I was adding the poll. I didn't mess up or anything
>_>
<_<

efb

e-mail

eeeeee mail

1ZRed

On-vel-ope

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

An envelope full of jam and tea bags!?

Why has this made me hungry?

TheChizler

On-vel-ope

efb wrote: »

e-mail

eeeeee mail

I'm struggling to pronounce that differently?...

efb

1ZRed wrote: »

Why has this made me hungry?

teabagging is a strenuous activity

BerryBlue

On-vel-ope

N-va-lope
From online dictionary it can be either [en-vuh-lohp, OR ahn-vuh-lope]

I'm sitting here sounding out onvalope - justs sounds wrong in my accent! :P

MadsL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGa4X4nLovo

The King of Moo

Both are correct. Like the pronunciation of "kilometre," schedule," "controversy," "scone" etc. I don't get why, when presented with two equally valid options, some people insist on declaring one correct and the other incorrect.

Cookie_Monster

if it was supposed to be pronounced On-vel-ope it would start with an O

Ruudi_Mentari

En-velope mm... ohhhh.

viota

On-vel-ope

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

if it was supposed to be pronounced On-vel-ope it would start with an O

Yes i agree. Plus sounding it out comes out in a posh accent. Just saying......

9959

The correct pronunciation is UN-VEL-OPE ... I heard a bloke from Cork pronounce it thus on the radio about seven years ago.
These things are important.

corktina

it's from the French so it's ONvelope

Daniel2590

On-vel-ope

corktina wrote: »

it's from the French so it's ONvelope

So we now also pronounce invitation on-vee-ta-cion? Last I checked we weren't French.

mathepac

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

if it was supposed to be pronounced On-vel-ope it would start with an O

It's not an English word, even assuming English had a consistent set of pronunciation rules : enough, though, taught, taut, etc

Daniel2590 wrote: »

So we now also pronounce invitation on-vee-ta-cion? ...

Daniel2590 wrote: »

... Last I checked we weren't French.

We're not English either, so let's stick with pronouncing French words the French way.

fishy fishy

1ZRed wrote: »

Do you also say "scon" instead of "scOWN!" like that dickhead Rachel Allen too? :pac:

its the butter thing that gets me with her....

two ounces of "batter" - where did she learn english

had to laugh one time on an english cookery programme she was going on about cous cous.

She was calling it cuuus cuuuuus. and your man said....what are you talking about cuuuus cuuuus - she wasn't long changing back into regular english.

Ruu

On-vel-ope

Public poll eh, hehehehe. *scribbles down onvelope voters usernames* now yer in for it!

Crooked Jack

On-vel-ope

The King of Moo wrote: »

Both are correct. Like the pronunciation of "kilometre," schedule," "controversy," "scone" etc. I don't get why, when presented with two equally valid options, some people insist on declaring one correct and the other incorrect.

I think it's just a bit of craic man, like a simulated row over something that doesnt actually matter but you get caught up in at the time. it's the pro-evo of arguing

SmashingPilot

7ofBrian wrote: »

Gar-idge or Gar-odge?

Car hole?

Mr. G

On-vel-ope

En-vel-ope

Don't know where On-vel-ope comes in Envelope.

bnt

"Envelope" came to the English language from French, so the French pronunciation "On-vel-ope" is fine.

If you say "en-vel-ope", I never want to hear you say entrepreneur ..!

robman60

On-vel-ope

My dad is the only one I know who says onvelope. It's incorrect pronunciation, I think.

Christ the Redeemer

On-vel-ope

I've heard onvelope. But I always felt the person was making an effort to sound posh.

holystungun9

Ain't no thang but a chicken wang on a strang in Burger Kang.
What was the question again?