POLL: How to pronounce Genealogy?

[trystan]

It has been mentioned before, but how on earth do you pronounce:

"Genealogy"

Some say it literally as it is spelt with the "A" in front of the "logy", (as in "Genieallergy" - Alladin's mate with a sneeze) others say it with an "O" in front of the "logy" (like in biology, geology etc).

It would be interesting to hear!

(it would be interesting too if you could say where you are  from too - to see if there are any regional/country differences between the way we say it)

[Jaki]

Hi

I voted for Alogy. Got this problem you see pronounce words the way they look .... gets me in big trouble sometimes ..... lol.

Jaki from Oz

[Welsh Jen]

Remember Allergy and you get it right! 

[Keith Bateman]

Hi

I pronounce it "Ology" - but there again until a couple of months ago I thought that was how you spelt it!!

Shropshire now - but as you see from my logo - Cheshire born and bred.

Cheers
Keith

[Biker]

I pronounce it -ology, it just rolls off the tongue easier for me.  Though I think (if I understand the phonetics properly) that the Cambridge Dictionary indicates the -allergy way is 'proper', but that both ways are 'acceptable'.

The other pronunciation difference I have noticed is on the beginning, as in

Gen- (rhymes with Men)
Gen- (rhymes with Jean)

 
Jonathan

[teddybear1843]

Yew ha'er p'nounce tha ther wad "olergee" cause us here in the coun'ry hev ter hev sum sor'uh ollergee un a famly ollergee seem uh be the best wum ter me.

Teddybear

Norfolk

PS. I find it very difficult to write in dialect because it is impossible to put the sounds that we make down in words.  I voted for "Ology" just incase you didnt understand.

 

[clr1979]

That "A" must be there for a reason.

However, its "ollogy" for me thanks.

[Geoff of Devon]

There is only one way it can be pronounced and that is "dzi:ni:aeledzi". And that's according to the Collins dictionary. BUT according to a web dictionary it is pronounced `jeenee'âlujee   

\Gen`e*al"o*gy\, n.; pl. {Genealogies}. [OE.
genealogi, genelogie, OF. genelogie, F. g['e]n['e]alogie, L.
genealogia, fr. Gr. ?; ? birth, race, descent (akin to L.
genus) + ? discourse.]

[scotmum]

Erm...does it really matter?  Pronounce it as you think, if others disagree, let them! As with all the variations in surnames over the years, at the end of the day, who is to say who is right or wrong with spellings/pronunciations/etc. After all, our ancestors (each and everyone) would probably all have said it differently too.