How do you say Peninsula?

[sophie]

So, I got into an argument on the proper way to say the word peninsula.

They say it pe-nin-suh-la

I say it pe-nin-syoo-la

You can also say pe-nin-syuh-la

So how you do you say it?

PS Refer to Bill3000's IPA spellings below if you're still confused.

 

[Bill3000]

This thread is worthless without IPA.

Respectively:

/ˈpɛn.ɪn.sə.lə/

/ˈpɛn.ɪns.ju.lə/

/pə.ˈnɪns.jə.lə/

I do either 2) or 3).

 

[cardgame]

This thread is worthless without IPA.

Respectively:

/ˈpɛn.ɪn.sə.lə/

/ˈpɛn.ɪns.ju.lə/

/ˈpə.nɪns.jə.lə/

I do either 2) or 3).

IPA is worthless without people who can read it

 

[holy king]

pen-insula.

 

[civ_king]

Pen-in-sue-la

 

[Ekolite]

pen-in-sheh-la

 

[sumit1207]

Where's pen-in-sul-er???

 

[JollyRoger]

cape

10 char

 

[Bill3000]

IPA is worthless without people who can read it

Then learn It doesn't change the fact that you cannot accurately represent how people pronounce words in eye dialect For example, Owen Glyndwr's OP is wrong because it doesn't distingusih between /ɛ/ and /ə/ (as in bet and rosa's), doesn't indicate stress (phonemic in English), -la can indicate either /lɑː/ or /lə/ (in fact why didn't he just use -uh there?), doesn't represent its possible pronounciation in non-rhotic dialects with r-linking to replace /lə/ with /lər/, got the first [n] placement wrong (when it's stressed it's part of the first syllable), and in generally it sucks completely. Also, it doesn't represent people who merge the words pin and pen like VRWCAgent (where /ɪn/ would become /ɛn/) and thus would be an inaccurate representation of their pronunciation of the word.

 

[bhsup]

Option 1. The others are indicators of uncouth and uncultured upbringing.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

Pen-in-sue-la

This.

 

[Catharsis]

Don't ever start pronunciation threads, they all end up with Bill throwing his crazy made-up letters around like they mean anything to anyone

'Pen-in-syuh-la', I think, but it's not a word that comes up in conversation much so I might well not actually have a fixed pronunciation of the word.

 

[Arwon]

Nobody else says the s as a sh?

Puh-NIN-shuh-la

/pə.'nɪn.ʃə.la/

Stress on the second syllable, probably a seceondary stress on the last.

 

[Camikaze]

Pen-in-shu-la

Or something similar. The point is, the s is an sh.

 

[Lord Gay]

Pe NIN soo luh

Emphasis on the second syllable.

 

[warpus]

So, I got into an argument on the proper way to say the word peninsula.

They say it pe-nin-suh-la

I say it pe-nin-syoo-la

You can also say pe-nin-syuh-la

So how you do you say it?

peh-nin-soo-lah

pe-nin-syoo-la sounds wrong to my ears

 

[cardgame]

penin-suh-la

I can totally see penin-soo-la as well.

Saying it with a y just sounds wrong.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

pe-nin-suh-la

 

[bathsheba666]

So, I got into an argument on the proper way to say the word peninsula.

They say it pe-nin-suh-la

I say it pe-nin-syoo-la

You can also say pe-nin-syuh-la

So how you do you say it?

You're quite right, even though I managed to select the wrong option.

Let's not insulate ourselves from reality here.

Anyone here do Latin and not take option 2 (apart from me)?

Anyone who would pronounce this differently from insular ?

And I'm not asking this in an insolent manner, trust me....

 

[Joecoolyo]

I say it most oftenly pe-nin-syoo-la, though that doesn't' refrain me from saying pe-nin-suh-la when I'm feeling lazy