Is it ee-quine or ek-quine?
Does it make a difference? Is there and 'official' way?
Thanks
2007-09-30 23:48:52 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Horses
horses are ee-kwine, but riding is eck-witation.
2007-10-01 13:56:25 · answer #1 · answered by magichorselover 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always pronounced it ee-quine. Have only heard ek-quine a few rare times....must be a European pronunciation.
2007-10-01 13:58:43 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I pronounce it ee-quine but I know people who pronounce it ek-quine.
I think both are actually correct and it just depends on accent.
2007-10-01 07:03:24 · answer #3 · answered by Debi 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They way they pronounce it on the news is ek-quine so I would presume that is how it is said however I could be wrong.
2007-10-01 06:54:21 · answer #4 · answered by jenjens4u 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ek-quine or eh-kwine, both ways I'm spelling it are pronounced the same
2007-10-01 06:52:21 · answer #5 · answered by igthewig 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ee-quine bu it seems like British people with an accent pronounce it ek-qwine.
2007-10-01 10:04:40 · answer #6 · answered by chillin' with my horse 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Several dictionaries list ee-kwine first, eh-kwine second, making either acceptable. But since equine is a Latin word, let's go back to the Latin. Pronunciation guides I found online say that the e would be pronounced eh or ay, but not ee. So I'm guessing the Latin pronunciation would be eh-kwine.
As to your question about whether it makes a difference, not according to the dictionaries.
2007-10-01 10:58:19 · answer #7 · answered by Horse Show Mom at The In-Gate 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It just depends on what sentence it's being used in. I say it however it comes out based on the words before and after.
Horses are a type of ee-quine.
I am an eh-questrain.
Am I the only weird one who says both!
2007-10-01 19:50:41 · answer #8 · answered by emily 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ek-wine. I've never heard it pronounced any other way. But like most English pronunciations, there is very little logic to it!
2007-10-01 06:56:35 · answer #9 · answered by PuppyPrince 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
in the UK ek-quine which is strange as we say ee-questrian
2007-10-01 07:57:49 · answer #10 · answered by ashabarab 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
EE kwine
2007-10-01 18:21:59 · answer #11 · answered by Lydia! 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋