How do you pronounce "Finance"?
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Anonymous
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As in "larla works in finance"...
is it: fennance or f-eye-nance |
Anonymous
| f-eye-nance |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| fi nance |
Anonymous
| FIE (like DIE) NANCE (like STANCE) |
Anonymous
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Pigs |
Anonymous
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The former if you are nouveau snot.
Latter if you're normal. |
Anonymous
Lol this. Or the former if you are British or faux British (aka nouveau snot). |
Anonymous
| Fie-Nance but, I say fe-national. |
Anonymous
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What is the story behind this question, OP.
Also, most dictionary (online included) give the pronunciation of words in case you did not know. You can always just look there. BONUS online it will SAY the word for you. finance [fi-nans, fahy-nans] Spell Syllables Examples Word Origin See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com noun 1. the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment. 2. finances, the monetary resources, as of a government, company, organization, or individual; revenue. verb (used with object), financed, financing. 3. to supply with money or capital; obtain money or credit for. verb (used without object), financed, financing. 4. to raise money or capital needed for financial operations. |
Anonymous
Socialist |
Anonymous
| Oh, come on! Even the British use a long i sound in Finance. There is no other pronunciation in the English language. |
Anonymous
| I pronounced it with a long I, "eye" my entire life. I now work for a company where everyone pronounces it with a short I. I just figured that the VP of finance pronounces it that way and so everyone just followed suit like sheep. |
Anonymous
I run into people who use the first when referring to somewhere like Goldman or Carlyle and then the latter when referring to say the department at a car dealership. "Larlo loves working in fennance. He was at Goldman but just accepted a role at Carlyle" and "Larlo had to yell at the fi(die)nance manager at the bmw dealership after they wouldn't offer the interest rate promotion for the car he wanted" They instinctively switch without thinking about it depending on what I can surmise is a prestige context. |
Anonymous
You just proved my point! LOL! |