My boss says fenNANCE and I hate it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As in "larla works in finance"...

is it: fennance

or f-eye-nance

Fee nance is correct pronunciation. Fi lance to those who pronounce ambulance as am-bu-LANCE

You have this backwards. In the dictionary, the primary (preferred) pronunciation is fie-nance, used by the majority of people. The secondary pronunciation is fee-nance. This is the pronunciation preferred by those with the inveterate tendency toward being a pretentious asshole.

Huh, I've never, ever heard it pronounced any way other than fie-nance.

Both ways. Just depends on the sentence. FYI - I used to work in Finance.

Do you change your pronunciation based on noun vs verb?

fe nance ... Fe like a short a sound. Like finesse, you f'n cowards.

Interestingly, I say F-eye-nance if I read the word, but when I think of someone working on wall street the voice in my head says "larlo works in corporate fennance." I think my corporate law/ibanking friends have used that pronunciation in conversations.

Could it be a regional/new York thing?

Anonymous wrote:As in "larla works in finance"...

is it: fennance

or f-eye-nance

Fee nance is correct pronunciation. Fi lance to those who pronounce ambulance as am-bu-LANCE

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:f-eye-nance

+1

+2 and i have a phd in it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Pigs

Socialist

Animal Farm.

Hillary.

Fun!

The latter (in British English, in response to the PP - never heard anyone British use the former)