Title: Verne's last name
Description: Pronunciation
whitemilesdavis - April 26, 2005 02:40 PM (GMT)
So how is Gagne pronounced?
I've heard it 3 ways -
Gag-ney
Gahn-yay
Gahn-yuh
I've always used the third one. Which one is correct?
Mad Dog - April 26, 2005 02:44 PM (GMT)
Gahn-yay I believe. Though I'm going by how people pronounce Eric Gagne's name.
dynamite kido - April 26, 2005 02:48 PM (GMT)
I always promounced it like the third one WMD.
TheGreatWhiteChoate - April 26, 2005 07:16 PM (GMT)
Stuttsy - April 26, 2005 07:33 PM (GMT)
AWA shows always pronounced it Gahn-yuh, so I am going by that.
Scrooge McSuck - April 26, 2005 08:12 PM (GMT)
Hulk Hogan pronounces it "Gahn-yah" when describing him, so I'll go with that one.
dynamite kido - April 26, 2005 08:49 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Scrooge McSuck @ Apr 26 2005, 02:12 PM) |
| Hulk Hogan pronounces it "Gahn-yah" when describing him, so I'll go with that one. |
Hogan also said he slammed the 1200 lb Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania III with over 200,000 fans in attendance.
Scrooge McSuck - April 26, 2005 08:57 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (dynamite kido @ Apr 26 2005, 04:49 PM) |
| QUOTE (Scrooge McSuck @ Apr 26 2005, 02:12 PM) | | Hulk Hogan pronounces it "Gahn-yah" when describing him, so I'll go with that one. |
Hogan also said he slammed the 1200 lb Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania III with over 200,000 fans in attendance.
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... and whats the problem?
dynamite kido - April 26, 2005 09:04 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Scrooge McSuck @ Apr 26 2005, 02:57 PM) |
| QUOTE (dynamite kido @ Apr 26 2005, 04:49 PM) | | QUOTE (Scrooge McSuck @ Apr 26 2005, 02:12 PM) | | Hulk Hogan pronounces it "Gahn-yah" when describing him, so I'll go with that one. |
Hogan also said he slammed the 1200 lb Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania III with over 200,000 fans in attendance.
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... and whats the problem?
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Your logic?
Big F'N Swigg - April 26, 2005 10:57 PM (GMT)
Gahn-yay, as it's a form of the french verb gagner, which means "to win"
prof_plague - April 29, 2005 10:17 PM (GMT)
Gag-nay.
[gæg'nej]
The linguist has spoken!
Big F'N Swigg - April 29, 2005 10:38 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (prof_plague @ Apr 29 2005, 04:17 PM) |
Gag-nay.
[gæg'nej]
The linguist has spoken! |
Who's the linguist?
prof_plague - April 29, 2005 10:40 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (TheBigSwigg @ Apr 29 2005, 04:38 PM) |
| QUOTE (prof_plague @ Apr 29 2005, 04:17 PM) | Gag-nay.
[gæg'nej]
The linguist has spoken! |
Who's the linguist?
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I'm a cunning linguist. ;)
Big F'N Swigg - April 29, 2005 10:54 PM (GMT)
Funny, I thought you were more of a master debater.
prof_plague - April 29, 2005 10:58 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (TheBigSwigg @ Apr 29 2005, 04:54 PM) |
| Funny, I thought you were more of a master debater. |
Well, when I go fishing, I usually work the best with little worms and hooking them on something round; so I consider myself more of a great master baiter.
But seriously, I actually am a linguistics major.
Big F'N Swigg - April 29, 2005 11:13 PM (GMT)
So why would it be pronounced that way? Linguistically, I mean.
whitemilesdavis - May 1, 2005 01:50 AM (GMT)
Surely there's no such thing as a linguistics major...and if there is, you need a different major.
Big F'N Swigg - May 1, 2005 01:35 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (whitemilesdavis @ Apr 30 2005, 07:50 PM) |
| Surely there's no such thing as a linguistics major...and if there is, you need a different major. |
Actually, there is in grad school. It's under the umbrella of Anthropology.
prof_plague - May 1, 2005 06:13 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (prof_plague @ Apr 29 2005, 04:17 PM) |
Gag-nay.
[gæg'nej]
The linguist has spoken! |
Side note: The /n/ should probably nasalized.
whitemilesdavis - May 2, 2005 12:26 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (TheBigSwigg @ May 1 2005, 09:35 AM) |
| QUOTE (whitemilesdavis @ Apr 30 2005, 07:50 PM) | | Surely there's no such thing as a linguistics major...and if there is, you need a different major. |
Actually, there is in grad school. It's under the umbrella of Anthropology.
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Surely there's no such thing as an anthropology major...and if there is, you need a different major.
Big F'N Swigg - May 2, 2005 02:42 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (whitemilesdavis @ May 1 2005, 06:26 PM) |
| QUOTE (TheBigSwigg @ May 1 2005, 09:35 AM) | | QUOTE (whitemilesdavis @ Apr 30 2005, 07:50 PM) | | Surely there's no such thing as a linguistics major...and if there is, you need a different major. |
Actually, there is in grad school. It's under the umbrella of Anthropology.
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Surely there's no such thing as an anthropology major...and if there is, you need a different major.
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My wife's best friend is studying to be an anthropologist, and I've considered it myself.
prof_plague - May 2, 2005 05:18 AM (GMT)
As much as I'd like to debate how meaningful (or meaningless) my major is, this doesn't seem as much ontop. I'll post something in General Discussion.