Poll: How do you pronounce 'Genuine'?

Jen-ewe-in

To rhyme with bin.

Bin (sort of). Isn't rhyming with wine the american pronunciation?

Bin. But my old Scottish Inspector used to rhyme it with wine and it was lovely!!

(especially when he said genuinely!)

For me it rhymes with bin. For my Scottish parents, it rhymes with wine.

Gen - u - in

Rhymes with bin when I say it.

Interesting reading the comments about Scottish pronunciation. I had Scottish grandparents and can't remember how they would have said it.

My Inspector was from Inverary and I remember reading somewhere that this was the area in Great Britain where English was spoken most correctly (whether that meant grammatically or pronounciation though I have no idea)

Also very uncertain of my grammar in that particular sentence but I'm sure you get the gist!!

I rhyme it with bin.

With bin for me too!

On the subject (but slightly OT) what about data? I say data but my boss says daarta and it annoys me no end.....

Ahh, it's a Scottish thing then, rhyming with wine. That explains it.

I was on the phone to my Aunt who lives in Ireland and she said 'genuine' rhyming with wine a few times. Each time she said it I had a little giggle to myself, but wondered why she pronounced it that way. My granny (her mum) was brought up in Scotland.

? again!

My mum always told me that was Inverness and she thought it stemmed from some quote by Daniel Defoe after visiting the town.

Scottish parents again say dahta (no r sound) not dayta. Not sure why it would annoy you as it's probably the more correct way to say it, given its Latin origin.

I'm Irish and rhyme it with wine

To rhyme with bin

Thats what I meant Hooby, I just couldn't type it properly lol, he says dahta......

You could well be right, I'm relying on very ancient memories, and, in fact, I'm now wondering if he was from Inverary or Inverness (befuddled icon)

Hooble dooble doo!!!

? I hope that was accompanied by the correct arm movements?

Oh, Irish and Scottish, I'd say she's had the influence of both anyhow.

It's funny how I've never noticed it when I've been in Ireland. I reckon I've only noticed it when my Aunt has said it because she has an English accent (mostly).

To rhyme with bin, and that's both of us who are scottish.

J

H and I, both Scottish, say it to rhyme with bin

Dʒenju:ɪn

edited to correct howling mistake.

Jen-u-in (in Glasgow .. well, this house anyway ?)

Bin here too

Irish accent - Wine

English accent - Bin

I say it as in "bin" too (From Birmingham) I love the way James Dean Bradfield since the word in the chorus of the MAnic Street Preachers "The Everlasting"...."...when our smile were genuine (Jen ewe wen)" with his lush Wlesh totty accent ?

I say it to rhyme with wine.

I used to also be made fun of for pronouncing July like Jool-eye

I say Day-ta.

That's how I say it.

What other way is there?

I'm Scottish and say genu-in. ?

ETA, da-ta is very American, I say day-ta.

I say gen-u-in and I'm Scottish.

I know that Inverness is apparently the regional accent that is most sought after for phone centres and so on - apparently it's the clearest pronounciation. I can't say that about mine, but I'm Aberdeen and we have a thick dialect that I do return to on occasion! ?

i have a colleague who i think is originally from the north east, and he says dah-ta too

I think it's the bizarre way he pronounces a lot of words he says 'shard' instead of 'shared' for example, and others I can't rven recalled, and he comes from the next village to me in Washington, I can't remember anyone at school pronouncing words the way he did and we went to same school!