Pronunciation: Veegan? Vaygan? Veejen? Vayjen? Vejan?

[Guest guest]

I think all are acceptable and it really depends on the country one is from

Lynn. I heard someone once say that they avoid saying vay-gan because that is a

term used in science fiction to refer to beings from the planets around the

Vegan star system, and my australian friend says Vay-jan, but for the most part

it's up to you.

 

BL

who says vee-gan

 

 

[Guest guest]

I've always said it vee-gun.

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Lynn Oliver

Friday, September 09, 2005 12:44 PM

Pronunciation: Veegan? Vaygan? Veejen?

Vayjen? Vejan?

 

 

How do YOU guys pronounce " vegan? " I've heard it a zillion different

ways...

 

Veegan

Vaygan

(both with hard " g's " )

---or---

Veejen

Vayjen

Vejan (with a hard " e " )

(all 3 with soft " g's, " or a " j " sound)

---

L Oliver

 

[Guest guest]

Well...I'm in the UK, and we say " Veegun " .

But then we also say " Toemahtoe " . LOL

 

hugs,

GeorgyGirl

 

P.S. I suppose, technically, if you say " Vedge-atarian " it should also be

" Vedge-un " . Dunno.

 

 

How do YOU guys pronounce " vegan? " I've heard it a zillion different

ways...

 

Veegan

Vaygan

(both with hard " g's " )

---or---

Veejen

Vayjen

Vejan (with a hard " e " )

(all 3 with soft " g's, " or a " j " sound)

---

L Oliver

 

[Guest guest]

Yes, it is acceptable both ways, here is the dictionary online and they have a

pronunciation, I have also heard it pronounced both ways. = )

http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary & va=vegan

Luv

LuLu

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Brenda-Lee Olson

 

Friday, September 09, 2005 5:28 PM

Re: Pronunciation: Veegan? Vaygan? Veejen?

Vayjen? Vejan?

 

 

I think all are acceptable and it really depends on the country one is from

Lynn. I heard someone once say that they avoid saying vay-gan because that is a

term used in science fiction to refer to beings from the planets around the

Vegan star system, and my australian friend says Vay-jan, but for the most part

it's up to you.

 

BL

who says vee-gan

 

 

[Guest guest]

Here's two accepted pronounciations::

 

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=vegan

 

~Karina

 

" Be here now. Be someplace else later. Is that so complicated? "

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

My daughter went off to summer camp a " veejun " and came home a " vay-gun " :-)

 

 

 

But, since reading that the name came from the beginning and ending sound of

" vegetarian " , we agree that we are " vej-uns " .using those same sounds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lisa

 

 

 

 

 

How do YOU guys pronounce " vegan? " I've heard it a zillion different

ways...

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

> How do YOU guys pronounce " vegan? " I've heard it a zillion different

> ways...

>

> Veegan

> Vaygan

> (both with hard " g's " )

> ---or---

> Veejen

> Vayjen

> Vejan (with a hard " e " )

> (all 3 with soft " g's, " or a " j " sound)

 

Veegan, assuming that the second syllable contains a neutral sort of vowel

sound, rather than some sort of exaggerated " a " as in cat. Don't think I've

ever heard the last three, except perhaps from people who've never

encountered the word before, and a soft " g " would be strange when followed

by an " a " .

 

I feel I could write this email a lot better if (1) I knew more about the

recognised ways of writing phonetics and (2) I could rely on them coming out

the same for everyone regardless of system or location!

 

I've just opened an entirely vegan shop!

 

Anna