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by KC (guest)
12/16/2002, 10:32 PM
How do you pron. Imogen?
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- Mike C   +3
12/17/2002, 4:39 AM
This has been discussed before....
http://www.behindthename.com/wwwboardarc/messages/8377.htmlThe consensus was that it is pron'd IM-oh-jen.
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- Yahalome (guest)   +2
12/19/2002, 12:04 AM
I heard a loooong time ago, someone pronounce it IM-oh-gene, but I think it's prettier IM-oh-gen.
Y :)
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- Anneza (guest)   +1
12/19/2002, 4:32 AM
Same problem with hegemony. A letter G followed by a vowel pronounced with the tongue over half-way up the mouth makes a J sound; low vowels give a G sound. ImoJen, therefore. Gareth and Jill are helpful mnemonics.
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- Yahalome (guest)
12/19/2002, 9:58 PM
My mom taught me that g followed by i or e has the soft, or j sound; usually. Y :)
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