How do YOU pronounce the word envelope?

Question

Do you say it, envelope, like ENvy, or, envelope like onnnvelope? Kinda hard to describe :)

Answer 1

on vay lope.....lol

Answer 2

I'm of the \ˈen-\ camp, though both pronunciations are acceptable.



Merriam-Webster has this to say on the subject:



The \ˈen-\ and \ˈän-\ pronunciations are used with about equal frequency, and both are fully acceptable, though the \ˈän-\ version is sometimes decried as “pseudo-French.” Actually \ˈän-\ is exactly what one would expect to hear when a French word like entrepreneur is becoming anglicized. Envelope, however, has been in English for nearly 300 years, plenty of time for it to become completely anglicized and for both of its pronunciations to win respectability.

Answer 3

I pronounce it as EN-VUH-LOPE. But I heard ppl sey ON-VE-LOPE. That's a good question. If you look in the dictionary, the pronunciation they have is [en-vuh-lohp, ahn-] <

Answer 4

en vel ope not envy lope although i may have said envylope wen i was a child :P

Answer 5

I pronounce it like envy-lope. It really ticks me off when people say on-va-lope.

Answer 6

no I pronounce it ENvElope

Answer 7

en...velope. I also pronounce groceries correctly, as opposed to people who say "groshceries". I say coupon, not coo-pon.

Answer 8

en-va-lope... that's how I've always said it. I'm from CO.

Answer 9

en

Answer 10

i say it regular because it sounds wierd (to me) how they pronounce it the other way.....



-daotiff55 ^_^

Answer 11

like awnvelope not invelope

Answer 12

i switch between both

Answer 13

i change.



i'll say.. she needs 5 in-veh-lopes.



or



give me the on-veh-lope.



lol.

Answer 14

on-vel-ope.



either way is correct if i do say so myself. i just believe on-vel-ope sounds better.

Answer 15

onnnvelope

Answer 16

good question

on-velope