Is 'Egg' pronounced "Ayg" or "ehg"?

[JasonChang55]

Ay-gg?

or Eh-gg?

[Netsui]

it's "gee-gee"

the e is silent

[Chris M]

It's pronounced "egg"

[Dreyzie]

:snip:

[JasonChang55]

[QUOTE=Butthurter;51356500]egg easy[/QUOTE]

But is it a harder or softer E, like ay or eh?

[Corndog Ninja]

ugg

[E Quantifier]

Ehg, but the region I'm in right now says Ayg.

[Zombinie]

Ay-gg? [FUNNY]

or Eh-gg? [DUMB]

[willothewisp]

"eh-gg"

[MrJazzy]

[QUOTE=JasonChang55;51356459]Ay-gg?

or Eh-gg?[/QUOTE]

This is one of the factors by which they measure the thickness of a southerners accent.

[Splarg!]

Ay-gg sounds like the way people from north central US talk.

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqAVuE524Gk[/media]

[Pib]

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rGKXner5Ig[/media]

[polyhistor]

eee-g

[sp]eh-gg[/sp]

[Mort Stroodle]

It's sort of a mix for me, comes out something like Igg

[Kaelan Frey]

oogoo

[FlamingBlizza]

egg

[Papkee]

i dunno about all the rest of the world but I would pronounce aygg and ehgg the exact same way.

[Samiam]

I have never heard it pronouced ay-gg

[Daemon White]

ehg

[ExTek]

meg

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macon

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morange muice

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miscuits

[JasonChang55]

[QUOTE=papkee;51356802]i dunno about all the rest of the world but I would pronounce aygg and ehgg the exact same way.[/QUOTE]

Ay as the first a in aviation

eh as the first e in enter

[kychu24]

What kind of degenerate pronounces it like "egg"

[JasonChang55]

[QUOTE=kychu24;51357403]What kind of degenerate pronounces it like "egg"[/QUOTE]

People who read a dictionary

[Curls]

[video=youtube;pOjL1nQG7_o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOjL1nQG7_o[/video]

[Drury]

eg'g

[ElectricSquid]

It's pronounced [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English]/eɪɡ/[/url]

[helifreak]

[QUOTE=ElectricSquid;51357493]It's pronounced [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English]/eɪɡ/[/url][/QUOTE]

Yes and according to the people who made it gif is pronounced jif. Anyone who says it as /eɪɡ/ is wrong and needs to stop being so American.

[Drury]

[QUOTE=ElectricSquid;51357493]It's pronounced [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English]/eɪɡ/[/url][/QUOTE]

/ɛdʒ/

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/ɛdʒg/

[ElectricSquid]

[QUOTE=helifreak;51357503]Yes and according to the people who made it gif is pronounced jif. Anyone who says it as /eɪɡ/ is wrong and needs to stop being so American.[/QUOTE]

For one, I've lived in the UK and noticed no difference in pronunciation between American and British accents for "egg". Two, the "really" American pronunciation would be /eɡ/ or /æɪɡ/ if you're in the South.

[Bahamut88]

Aig