IPA confusion for 'Aegis'
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- Merriam-Webster says: ˈē-jəs or ˈā-jəs
- Cambridge says: /ˈiː.dʒɪs/ for US
Oxfor says: /ˈiːdʒɪs/
- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aegis
- https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/aegis
- https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/aegis
When I hear the sample pronunciations from the above three sources, I hear all of them same - but the IPA is different. Can anyone help me understand why!
Soft question: Few of my colleagues from US, tend to pronounce 'Aegis' as /ˈe dʒɪs/ which is not what any of these dictionaries says. Any hint of what's going on here (as in, is the pronunciation trends changing for this word)!
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- Merriam-Webster says: ˈē-jəs or ˈā-jəs
- Cambridge says: /ˈiː.dʒɪs/ for US
Oxfor says: /ˈiːdʒɪs/
- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aegis
- https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/aegis
- https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/aegis
When I hear the sample pronunciations from the above three sources, I hear all of them same - but the IPA is different. Can anyone help me understand why!
Soft question: Few of my colleagues from US, tend to pronounce 'Aegis' as /ˈe dʒɪs/ which is not what any of these dictionaries says. Any hint of what's going on here (as in, is the pronunciation trends changing for this word)!
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MW does not use IPA. Your vowel choices include those of FLEECE, FACE, DRESS, and perhaps KIT.
– tchrist♦
yesterday
@ tchrist - Is KIT mapping to vowel in /ˈe dʒɪs/! Thanks for your reply.
– KGhatak
yesterday
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For the second syllable, yes. For the first syllable, /e/ is the FACE vowel in some notations but the DRESS vowel in others.
– tchrist♦
yesterday
1
NBC and Telemundo personality Jose Diaz-Balart (whose name is written without the accent on NBC News website) has the habit on English language broadcasts of pronouncing Hispanic names in Spanish, e.g., rolling the "r" in "Gutierrez" or "Almaguer." He does not anglicize the name; he pronounces it in a foreign language. Aegis and Aesop seem to raise the same problem. Are we pronouncing them in English, or as transliterated Greek? I say render unto Seezer what is Caesar's: "aegis" assonates with "fleece this.") (I know - Caesar is Latin, but same difference.)
– remarkl
yesterday
@ remarkl - A good point, wondering how it is pronounced (IPA?) in Greek!
– KGhatak
yesterday
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- Merriam-Webster says: ˈē-jəs or ˈā-jəs
- Cambridge says: /ˈiː.dʒɪs/ for US
Oxfor says: /ˈiːdʒɪs/
- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aegis
- https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/aegis
- https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/aegis
When I hear the sample pronunciations from the above three sources, I hear all of them same - but the IPA is different. Can anyone help me understand why!
Soft question: Few of my colleagues from US, tend to pronounce 'Aegis' as /ˈe dʒɪs/ which is not what any of these dictionaries says. Any hint of what's going on here (as in, is the pronunciation trends changing for this word)!
ipa
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- Merriam-Webster says: ˈē-jəs or ˈā-jəs
- Cambridge says: /ˈiː.dʒɪs/ for US
Oxfor says: /ˈiːdʒɪs/
- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aegis
- https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/aegis
- https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/aegis
When I hear the sample pronunciations from the above three sources, I hear all of them same - but the IPA is different. Can anyone help me understand why!
Soft question: Few of my colleagues from US, tend to pronounce 'Aegis' as /ˈe dʒɪs/ which is not what any of these dictionaries says. Any hint of what's going on here (as in, is the pronunciation trends changing for this word)!
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MW does not use IPA. Your vowel choices include those of FLEECE, FACE, DRESS, and perhaps KIT.
– tchrist♦
yesterday
@ tchrist - Is KIT mapping to vowel in /ˈe dʒɪs/! Thanks for your reply.
– KGhatak
yesterday
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For the second syllable, yes. For the first syllable, /e/ is the FACE vowel in some notations but the DRESS vowel in others.
– tchrist♦
yesterday
1
NBC and Telemundo personality Jose Diaz-Balart (whose name is written without the accent on NBC News website) has the habit on English language broadcasts of pronouncing Hispanic names in Spanish, e.g., rolling the "r" in "Gutierrez" or "Almaguer." He does not anglicize the name; he pronounces it in a foreign language. Aegis and Aesop seem to raise the same problem. Are we pronouncing them in English, or as transliterated Greek? I say render unto Seezer what is Caesar's: "aegis" assonates with "fleece this.") (I know - Caesar is Latin, but same difference.)
– remarkl
yesterday
@ remarkl - A good point, wondering how it is pronounced (IPA?) in Greek!
– KGhatak
yesterday
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MW does not use IPA. Your vowel choices include those of FLEECE, FACE, DRESS, and perhaps KIT.
– tchrist♦
yesterday
@ tchrist - Is KIT mapping to vowel in /ˈe dʒɪs/! Thanks for your reply.
– KGhatak
yesterday
1
For the second syllable, yes. For the first syllable, /e/ is the FACE vowel in some notations but the DRESS vowel in others.
– tchrist♦
yesterday
1
NBC and Telemundo personality Jose Diaz-Balart (whose name is written without the accent on NBC News website) has the habit on English language broadcasts of pronouncing Hispanic names in Spanish, e.g., rolling the "r" in "Gutierrez" or "Almaguer." He does not anglicize the name; he pronounces it in a foreign language. Aegis and Aesop seem to raise the same problem. Are we pronouncing them in English, or as transliterated Greek? I say render unto Seezer what is Caesar's: "aegis" assonates with "fleece this.") (I know - Caesar is Latin, but same difference.)
– remarkl
yesterday
@ remarkl - A good point, wondering how it is pronounced (IPA?) in Greek!
– KGhatak
yesterday
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MW does not use IPA. Your vowel choices include those of FLEECE, FACE, DRESS, and perhaps KIT.
– tchrist♦
yesterday
MW does not use IPA. Your vowel choices include those of FLEECE, FACE, DRESS, and perhaps KIT.
– tchrist♦
yesterday
@ tchrist - Is KIT mapping to vowel in /ˈe dʒɪs/! Thanks for your reply.
– KGhatak
yesterday
@ tchrist - Is KIT mapping to vowel in /ˈe dʒɪs/! Thanks for your reply.
– KGhatak
yesterday
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For the second syllable, yes. For the first syllable, /e/ is the FACE vowel in some notations but the DRESS vowel in others.
– tchrist♦
yesterday
For the second syllable, yes. For the first syllable, /e/ is the FACE vowel in some notations but the DRESS vowel in others.
– tchrist♦
yesterday
1
1
NBC and Telemundo personality Jose Diaz-Balart (whose name is written without the accent on NBC News website) has the habit on English language broadcasts of pronouncing Hispanic names in Spanish, e.g., rolling the "r" in "Gutierrez" or "Almaguer." He does not anglicize the name; he pronounces it in a foreign language. Aegis and Aesop seem to raise the same problem. Are we pronouncing them in English, or as transliterated Greek? I say render unto Seezer what is Caesar's: "aegis" assonates with "fleece this.") (I know - Caesar is Latin, but same difference.)
– remarkl
yesterday
NBC and Telemundo personality Jose Diaz-Balart (whose name is written without the accent on NBC News website) has the habit on English language broadcasts of pronouncing Hispanic names in Spanish, e.g., rolling the "r" in "Gutierrez" or "Almaguer." He does not anglicize the name; he pronounces it in a foreign language. Aegis and Aesop seem to raise the same problem. Are we pronouncing them in English, or as transliterated Greek? I say render unto Seezer what is Caesar's: "aegis" assonates with "fleece this.") (I know - Caesar is Latin, but same difference.)
– remarkl
yesterday
@ remarkl - A good point, wondering how it is pronounced (IPA?) in Greek!
– KGhatak
yesterday
@ remarkl - A good point, wondering how it is pronounced (IPA?) in Greek!
– KGhatak
yesterday
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MW does not use IPA. Your vowel choices include those of FLEECE, FACE, DRESS, and perhaps KIT.
– tchrist♦
yesterday
@ tchrist - Is KIT mapping to vowel in /ˈe dʒɪs/! Thanks for your reply.
– KGhatak
yesterday
1
For the second syllable, yes. For the first syllable, /e/ is the FACE vowel in some notations but the DRESS vowel in others.
– tchrist♦
yesterday
1
NBC and Telemundo personality Jose Diaz-Balart (whose name is written without the accent on NBC News website) has the habit on English language broadcasts of pronouncing Hispanic names in Spanish, e.g., rolling the "r" in "Gutierrez" or "Almaguer." He does not anglicize the name; he pronounces it in a foreign language. Aegis and Aesop seem to raise the same problem. Are we pronouncing them in English, or as transliterated Greek? I say render unto Seezer what is Caesar's: "aegis" assonates with "fleece this.") (I know - Caesar is Latin, but same difference.)
– remarkl
yesterday
@ remarkl - A good point, wondering how it is pronounced (IPA?) in Greek!
– KGhatak
yesterday