How do you pronounce Carnegie? Car-nay'-gee or car'-ni-gee?

Question

I'm from Pittsburgh, and it's always been Car-nay'-gee. Andrew Carnegie was from a Scottish family and supposedly pronounced it Car-nay-gee, but now I wonder. Living away from home, many people pronounce the name car'-ni-gee. Is this all dependent on a regional dialect?

Answer 1

I've always pronounced it as Car-na-gie
and when I checked the Merriam-Webster, they pronounced it the same way. I think a lot of us pronounce words the way we heard them when we were young..... so whether they're technically right or wrong, really doesn't matter, if that's the way *it is* for us.

Main Entry: Car·ne·gie
Pronunciation: kär-'ne-gE, 'kär-n&-gE
Function: biographical name
Andrew 1835-1919 American (Scottish-born) industrialist & philanthropist


You can hear it at :

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/carnegie

Answer 2

Well, in all reality there is no correct pronunciation of any word. It all depends on your up bringing and where you're from. I wouldn't say that it's a regional dialect so much as where your parents are from and what type of television you may watch. I pronounce it car'-ni-gee.

Answer 3

Car-nay-gee

That's how I say Carnegie Blvd.
(I'm from Cleveland)

Answer 4

In Scotland it's 'Car-NEE-gee'

Answer 5

I don't cluck it, but I do apologise if I do a bad gear change and I have patted the steering wheel when it's done well!!! Well on the way to being an old mad woman with cats.....

Answer 6

Car nah gee

Answer 7

Well, your question is: how do I pronounce it ? Right ?
Well, I pronounce it: "carnegi". I drop the final E

Answer 8

The way you always used to pronounce it, is the correct one.

Answer 9

Your pronunciation is correct.