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How do you pronounce "Genealogy"

I pronounce it ending in "Alogy"
I prononuce it ending in "Ology"
I mumble it becasue I don't know
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Offline youngtug

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Re: POLL: How to pronounce Genealogy?
« Reply #108 on: Monday 11 April 16 19:43 BST (UK) »
 Linkedin have a  [persons name], Geneaologist. that they want me to link up with!

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Re: POLL: How to pronounce Genealogy?
« Reply #109 on: Monday 11 April 16 22:17 BST (UK) »
Genealogy = genie allergy

Wish the BBC would tell folks that drawing is pronounced drawing and not drawring !!!!! How did that happen?

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UK - Northumberland, County Durham: ANDERSON,   DODD(S), EDWARDS, ELLIOTT/ELLET, FENWICK, GREY/GRAY, HINDMARCH and variants, JORDAN, MOORE, MURRAY, RIPPON, RODDHAM, RYDER-TURNER, SPARK(E)(S), STEWART, TILLEY, TIPLADY, WATSON,
Sheffield: TURNER
Middlesex: RYDER
<br />Aberdeenshire: EDWARDS, BRODIE<br />Angus STEWART, DIXON, PETRIE

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Re: POLL: How to pronounce Genealogy?
« Reply #110 on: Sunday 17 April 16 12:15 BST (UK) »
I was amused to hear an American, probably East Coast, talking on the radio about "technAAolgy"!
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HURST, BOLTON,  BUTTERWORTH, ADAMSON, WILD, MCIVOR from Milnrow, Newhey, Oldham & Rochdale, Lancs., Scotland.
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