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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 sami

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Re: POLL: How to pronounce Genealogy?
« Reply #63 on: Friday 08 April 16 02:51 BST (UK) »
......Ology for me.

Not much different from the way I pronounce Archaeology.

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Re: POLL: How to pronounce Genealogy?
« Reply #64 on: Friday 08 April 16 03:25 BST (UK) »
Say it like wot it is writ: Gee-knee-allergy  ;)
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« Reply #65 on: Friday 08 April 16 03:58 BST (UK) »
I guess that it doesn't really matter what pronunciation we use, we all know how it's spelt in English, and English speakers all know what it means.

So if someone says it to me in a different way, say with an American or Canadian accent, I know what they mean! 

On the other hand, to them, I could be suffering from a rather bad "allergy"! Probably allergic to the dye in my new jeans!!
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Re: POLL: How to pronounce Genealogy?
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Re: POLL: How to pronounce Genealogy?
« Reply #67 on: Friday 08 April 16 14:21 BST (UK) »
allo ollo oh blow it family History


but really my vote is allo
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Re: POLL: How to pronounce Genealogy?
« Reply #68 on: Friday 08 April 16 14:42 BST (UK) »
How do you pronounce genealogy?  By analogy, I pronounce it like analogy.
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Somerset:  Duddridge, Richards, Barnard, Pillinger
Gloucestershire:  Barnard, Marsh, Crossman
Bristol:  Banks, Duddridge, Barnard
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Re: POLL: How to pronounce Genealogy?
« Reply #69 on: Friday 08 April 16 19:40 BST (UK) »
Genie-ology for me, being from up north, Jen and allergy are a bit posh like :P
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Re: POLL: How to pronounce Genealogy?
« Reply #70 on: Friday 08 April 16 22:58 BST (UK) »
Correct pronunciation is "alogy" or "allergy" as described above. I usually pronounce it this way, but as with most of our spoken language pronunciation is fluid. I have been guilty of using the "ology" in conversation, but quite often correct myself.
As Jaybelnz said, as long as we know how it's spelt, and what it means.
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Re: POLL: How to pronounce Genealogy?
« Reply #71 on: Saturday 09 April 16 15:30 BST (UK) »
Ology from Wiltshire, I imagine where you are from dictates how you speak it!
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