Except in "mattress" or "matrimony" or "mad" or "maverick" where the 'a' is pronounced as in "dad".
English is funny because we stole words from almost every other language on the globe so any rule tends to have lots of exceptions. We just keep the pronunciation or some mangled version of it from the other language. -- Lee On 8/15/07, Roberto del Fuego <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From an English linguistics viewpoint, as a rule of thumb, whenever you > have > vowel-consonant-vowel (as in mAVEn), the first vowel sound is pronounced > its > 'long' way (a as in ape as opposed to a as in fact). So I think you are > right! > > Roberto > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wayne Fay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Maven Users List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:23 PM > Subject: Re: Pronuciation > > > >I am not an expert in this matter, but I have always pronounced it > > may-vin. If you check the Oxford dictionary, it seems this is the > > "right" way to pronounce this word. > > > > http://www.askoxford.com/results/?view=dict&freesearch=maven > > > > Wayne > > > > On 8/13/07, brad hadfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Just a trivia question... hope you don't mind settling a point of > >> discussion. > >> > >> What is the proper pronuciation of the word "Maven"? I have been using > >> mey-vuhn with the a as in "bacon" or "gate". > >> > >> I have heard the a pronounced as in fact or back. > >> > >> > >> Anyone? > >> > >> Thanks > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- -- Lee Meador Sent from gmail. My real email address is lee AT leemeador.com
