SilenceRadio Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 I've been looking for the answer for two years. English is not my native language, and I've been confidently told that it was one or the other, which contradicts the way some people have said it. I'd like to find out the truth. Link to post Share on other sites
Horse Ham Radio Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 (edited) Like jen-new-in (not the j that's like a y; the other one) I'm not too sure if that is more like "deep" or "wine". It's probably closer to a "win". I've heard it in American English pronounced more like Jen-new-ine though. Edited May 8, 2022 by ._. 7 Link to post Share on other sites
Artemis42 Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 I say it like jen-you-in 17 Link to post Share on other sites
SilenceRadio Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 39 minutes ago, ._. said: I'm not too sure if that is more like "deep" or "wine". It's probably closer to a "win". Oh yeah, by "deep" I meant something closer to "win". 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Horse Ham Radio Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, SilenceRadio said: Oh yeah, by "deep" I meant something closer to "win". Ah right. To me "deep" has a long vowel sound, while "win" has a short vowel sound. eeeeeeeeeeee vs i. If I was to shorten the sound in deep, I would get something similar to "dip". Edited May 8, 2022 by ._. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
SilenceRadio Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 4 minutes ago, ._. said: Ah right. To me "deep" has a long vowel sound, while "win" has a short vowel sound. eeeeeeeeeeee vs i. If I was to shorten the sound in deep, I would get something similar to "dip". Yeah, that makes sense. I did know about the difference, but I've always felt like the difference was (defdeb unintended) negligible. Saying it "deeeep" isn't really intuitive to me. Link to post Share on other sites
Horse Ham Radio Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, SilenceRadio said: Yeah, that makes sense. I did know about the difference, but I've always felt like the difference was (defdeb unintended) negligible. Saying it "deeeep" isn't really intuitive to me. I think in some accents the difference is minimal, but that wouldn't be common in the communities I've been in. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
AltairNox Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Like penguins but with a g = gen-uine 🤷♀️ Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 I would pronounce it like with wine at the end 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Lysandre, the Star-Crossed Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Jen-you-wine or Jen-you-win 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Morays Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 JEN-yoo-win. I've never heard of a "deep" pronunciation, though I'm aware "wine" is sometimes used in more southern portions of the States. New Englander here. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Snao Cone Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 I am an agent of chaos and pronounce it different ways with no clear structure or reasoning. But probably 80% of the time is "-win". 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Zagadka Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 I chose -wine, but it is really more gen-u-EIHne Link to post Share on other sites
Tetus Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Jen-you-win normally, but if you want to put a little spin on it, you can go full old-timey salesman and say "its the gen-you-WAAAAHINE article" while snapping your suspenders. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ElloryJaye Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 A pre-Internet paper dictionary I have immediately to hand lists the "jen-you-win" pronunciation only, and that would be the one I normally use . . . but this is English, so there is no true single standard. Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 3 hours ago, Lysandre, the Star-Crossed said: Jen-you-wine or Jen-you-win This The vowel sound in deep is quite different than either. So I chose the "wine" pronunciation in the quiz as the other options were all less true for me, even if "wine" wasn't the full truth. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Myssterry Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 never heard either of those two pronunciations. Here in the UK it is usually pronounced jen-you-in, with a strong emphasis on jen and you-in slurred together. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Someone Else Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 https://www.google.com/search?q=genuine+pronounce&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS875US875&oq=genuine+pronounce&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.2281j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Link to post Share on other sites
KuraTheChibiSleepingBeauty Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Jen-you-in. ....Reading through this thread, it doesn't even sound like a word anymore. 😅 3 Link to post Share on other sites
bare_trees Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 I only prononce it the second way when referring to the guy who does the "Pony" song. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Cranston Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Jen-you-in normally, jen-you-ine if I'm trying to put emphasis on it 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ceebs Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 If someone pronounced it with the ending rhyming with 'wine', I'd think they were either from somewhere in the south of the United States or doing it to purposely sound silly. Link to post Share on other sites
AmandaD Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 As some one who just finished a phonetics course (got an A) I can confidently tell you...pronunciation depends on the region. General American English pronunciation is what most people commented here: jen-you-win. and would be the standard. Unless, as mentioned above, you're the singer Genuine or trying to be fancy. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Anomaly Q3Xr Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 As in "jen-you-in", thus none of the above. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
silent__ Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Mostly jen-you-in, sometimes jen-you-ine 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Revan Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Jen-you-inn 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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