Ok I'm a vegan. I pronounce it vay-gun(I think it sounds right) but my friend tells me it is vee-guhn. So does anyone know whats right?Or is it a regional thing?
2007-02-11 08:08:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Sorry its sounds more like vay-gahn and he says vee-gahn
2007-02-11 08:13:14 · update #1
The word vegan, usually pronounced [ˈviːgən], was originally derived from "vegetarian" in 1944 when Elsie Shrigley and Donald Watson, frustrated that the term "vegetarianism" had come to include the eating of dairy products, founded the UK Vegan Society. They combined the first three and last two letters of vegetarian to form "vegan," which they saw as "the beginning and end of vegetarian."[4]
However I pronounce it the way you do.
2007-02-15 08:11:24 · answer #1 · answered by Jalapinomex 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct pronunciaton is vee-guhn.
2007-02-11 20:17:22 · answer #2 · answered by beverlynarconon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct way to say it is "VEE GAN"
When you say VAY GAN, that is like saying you are from the star system Vega, pronounced "VAY GAH"
2007-02-11 16:18:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say vee-gun. I suppose you could say what you like, but most people say vee-gun that I've heard.
And why is it not vedge-un? Like vedge-atarian?
Try THAT one on!
2007-02-11 16:14:46 · answer #4 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I pronounce it veeguhn.im vegan myself.my sensei said that many people pronounce it the way you do.He also said that it could be either or.
2007-02-11 17:36:24 · answer #5 · answered by Fritz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am with your friend on this one but I guess it depends where you live.
2007-02-11 16:12:16 · answer #6 · answered by blues_m1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
veg·an (vÄ'gÉn, vÄj'Én)
2007-02-12 04:53:11 · answer #7 · answered by FSC 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋