What are the words ending in “-ey” pronounced [eɪ]? Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara Planned maintenance scheduled April 23, 2019 at 23:30 UTC (7:30pm US/Eastern)Are the words “merry”, “marry” and “Mary” pronounced the same?Are the words “whine” and “wine” pronounced the same?Words which are pronounced differently depending on where they are in the sentenceAll non-name words ending with izeAre there rules for pronunciation of words ending in “-ton”?Why does written English have more variations in pronunciation than other languages?What does the “‑to” ending mean in most English words that end in “‑to”?Are the mid-stressed English words always pronounced the same?Why is kilometer frequently pronounced with the stress on the “lo” when related words are not?What are the letters that are pronounced as 2 letters?
As a dual citizen, my US passport will expire one day after traveling to the US. Will this work?
Inverse square law not accurate for non-point masses?
latest version of QGIS fails to edit attribute table of GeoJSON file
How could a hydrazine and N2O4 cloud (or it's reactants) show up in weather radar?
Why is there so little support for joining EFTA in the British parliament?
Is there a verb for listening stealthily?
Sally's older brother
What did Turing mean when saying that "machines cannot give rise to surprises" is due to a fallacy?
Does a random sequence of vectors span a Hilbert space?
Did pre-Columbian Americans know the spherical shape of the Earth?
First paper to introduce the "principal-agent problem"
Short story about astronauts fertilizing soil with their own bodies
How can I prevent/balance waiting and turtling as a response to cooldown mechanics
Is it OK to use the testing sample to compare algorithms?
How many time has Arya actually used Needle?
What are some likely causes to domain member PC losing contact to domain controller?
NIntegrate on a solution of a matrix ODE
Was the pager message from Nick Fury to Captain Marvel unnecessary?
Besides transaction validation, are there any other uses of the Script language in Bitcoin
Do i imagine the linear (straight line) homotopy in a correct way?
Found this skink in my tomato plant bucket. Is he trapped? Or could he leave if he wanted?
How to make an animal which can only breed for a certain number of generations?
One-one communication
How does TikZ render an arc?
What are the words ending in “-ey” pronounced [eɪ]?
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 23, 2019 at 23:30 UTC (7:30pm US/Eastern)Are the words “merry”, “marry” and “Mary” pronounced the same?Are the words “whine” and “wine” pronounced the same?Words which are pronounced differently depending on where they are in the sentenceAll non-name words ending with izeAre there rules for pronunciation of words ending in “-ton”?Why does written English have more variations in pronunciation than other languages?What does the “‑to” ending mean in most English words that end in “‑to”?Are the mid-stressed English words always pronounced the same?Why is kilometer frequently pronounced with the stress on the “lo” when related words are not?What are the letters that are pronounced as 2 letters?
.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__bot-mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0;
As a native French speaker, I used to pronounce the end of all the English words ending in "-ey" as [eɪ] instead of [i]. Most noticeably, such of those words that are directly used in French are almost automatically mispronounced as ending in [eɪ] by even good English French speakers: hockey, jockey, (silicon) valley... or proper nouns: McCartney, Surrey...
I came to realise my mistake here years ago and then proceeded to learn to pronounce those words with an [i] instead consistently.
However, a simple word: "survey". The recommended pronunciation is [ˈs3ːrveɪ], which holds the previous rule off. I also found "grey" or "prey" to work.
Are there other such words? And more importantly: why are they not pronounced [i]? An etymological reason maybe?
Can a rule be drawn to learn how to pronounce them?
pronunciation ending
asked 1 hour ago
MysterryMysterry
61
New contributor
Mysterry is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
As a native French speaker, I used to pronounce the end of all the English words ending in "-ey" as [eɪ] instead of [i]. Most noticeably, such of those words that are directly used in French are almost automatically mispronounced as ending in [eɪ] by even good English French speakers: hockey, jockey, (silicon) valley... or proper nouns: McCartney, Surrey...
I came to realise my mistake here years ago and then proceeded to learn to pronounce those words with an [i] instead consistently.
However, a simple word: "survey". The recommended pronunciation is [ˈs3ːrveɪ], which holds the previous rule off. I also found "grey" or "prey" to work.
Are there other such words? And more importantly: why are they not pronounced [i]? An etymological reason maybe?
Can a rule be drawn to learn how to pronounce them?
pronunciation ending
asked 1 hour ago
MysterryMysterry
61
New contributor
Mysterry is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
As a native French speaker, I used to pronounce the end of all the English words ending in "-ey" as [eɪ] instead of [i]. Most noticeably, such of those words that are directly used in French are almost automatically mispronounced as ending in [eɪ] by even good English French speakers: hockey, jockey, (silicon) valley... or proper nouns: McCartney, Surrey...
I came to realise my mistake here years ago and then proceeded to learn to pronounce those words with an [i] instead consistently.
However, a simple word: "survey". The recommended pronunciation is [ˈs3ːrveɪ], which holds the previous rule off. I also found "grey" or "prey" to work.
Are there other such words? And more importantly: why are they not pronounced [i]? An etymological reason maybe?
Can a rule be drawn to learn how to pronounce them?
pronunciation ending
asked 1 hour ago
MysterryMysterry
61
New contributor
Mysterry is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
As a native French speaker, I used to pronounce the end of all the English words ending in "-ey" as [eɪ] instead of [i]. Most noticeably, such of those words that are directly used in French are almost automatically mispronounced as ending in [eɪ] by even good English French speakers: hockey, jockey, (silicon) valley... or proper nouns: McCartney, Surrey...
I came to realise my mistake here years ago and then proceeded to learn to pronounce those words with an [i] instead consistently.
However, a simple word: "survey". The recommended pronunciation is [ˈs3ːrveɪ], which holds the previous rule off. I also found "grey" or "prey" to work.
Are there other such words? And more importantly: why are they not pronounced [i]? An etymological reason maybe?
Can a rule be drawn to learn how to pronounce them?
pronunciation ending
pronunciation ending
asked 1 hour ago
MysterryMysterry
61
New contributor
Mysterry is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
asked 1 hour ago
MysterryMysterry
61
New contributor
Mysterry is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
asked 1 hour ago
MysterryMysterry
61
New contributor
Mysterry is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
asked 1 hour ago
MysterryMysterry
61
asked 1 hour ago
MysterryMysterry
61
61
New contributor
Mysterry is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
New contributor
Mysterry is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
Mysterry is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
add a comment |
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
Other words pronounced like 'survey' are 'convey' and 'purvey' (an old-fashioned verb meaning sell). "Hey!", as in "Hey Jude", also rhymes with grey and prey.
A rule that seems more or less to work is that the "ay" sound is used in single syllable "ey" words or words ending in "ey" in which the stress is on the last syllable, but the ee sound is used if the stress is on a previous syllable. This works for 'survey' as a verb but not for 'survey' as a noun, and there are doubtless more exceptions.
answered 1 hour ago
Philip WoodPhilip Wood
4076
In purvey and survey, it’s not unreasonable to assume that the pronunciation comes from the verb. Noun derivation from disyllabic verbs by stress retraction is a productive process in English, but it doesn’t entail secondary effects like changing a stressed /eɪ/ to unstressed /i/. There are some true exceptions – like parley (which can have either /eɪ/ or /i/), as well as loan words from various other languages (like maguey /ˡmagweɪ/ or /məˡgeɪ/, of which the latter fits the rule while the former doesn’t) – but they are definitely a minority.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function()
var channelOptions =
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "97"
;
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
createEditor();
);
else
createEditor();
);
function createEditor()
StackExchange.prepareEditor(
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader:
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
,
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
);
);
Mysterry is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fenglish.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f494757%2fwhat-are-the-words-ending-in-ey-pronounced-e%25c9%25aa%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
Other words pronounced like 'survey' are 'convey' and 'purvey' (an old-fashioned verb meaning sell). "Hey!", as in "Hey Jude", also rhymes with grey and prey.
A rule that seems more or less to work is that the "ay" sound is used in single syllable "ey" words or words ending in "ey" in which the stress is on the last syllable, but the ee sound is used if the stress is on a previous syllable. This works for 'survey' as a verb but not for 'survey' as a noun, and there are doubtless more exceptions.
answered 1 hour ago
Philip WoodPhilip Wood
4076
In purvey and survey, it’s not unreasonable to assume that the pronunciation comes from the verb. Noun derivation from disyllabic verbs by stress retraction is a productive process in English, but it doesn’t entail secondary effects like changing a stressed /eɪ/ to unstressed /i/. There are some true exceptions – like parley (which can have either /eɪ/ or /i/), as well as loan words from various other languages (like maguey /ˡmagweɪ/ or /məˡgeɪ/, of which the latter fits the rule while the former doesn’t) – but they are definitely a minority.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Other words pronounced like 'survey' are 'convey' and 'purvey' (an old-fashioned verb meaning sell). "Hey!", as in "Hey Jude", also rhymes with grey and prey.
A rule that seems more or less to work is that the "ay" sound is used in single syllable "ey" words or words ending in "ey" in which the stress is on the last syllable, but the ee sound is used if the stress is on a previous syllable. This works for 'survey' as a verb but not for 'survey' as a noun, and there are doubtless more exceptions.
answered 1 hour ago
Philip WoodPhilip Wood
4076
In purvey and survey, it’s not unreasonable to assume that the pronunciation comes from the verb. Noun derivation from disyllabic verbs by stress retraction is a productive process in English, but it doesn’t entail secondary effects like changing a stressed /eɪ/ to unstressed /i/. There are some true exceptions – like parley (which can have either /eɪ/ or /i/), as well as loan words from various other languages (like maguey /ˡmagweɪ/ or /məˡgeɪ/, of which the latter fits the rule while the former doesn’t) – but they are definitely a minority.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Other words pronounced like 'survey' are 'convey' and 'purvey' (an old-fashioned verb meaning sell). "Hey!", as in "Hey Jude", also rhymes with grey and prey.
A rule that seems more or less to work is that the "ay" sound is used in single syllable "ey" words or words ending in "ey" in which the stress is on the last syllable, but the ee sound is used if the stress is on a previous syllable. This works for 'survey' as a verb but not for 'survey' as a noun, and there are doubtless more exceptions.
answered 1 hour ago
Philip WoodPhilip Wood
4076
Other words pronounced like 'survey' are 'convey' and 'purvey' (an old-fashioned verb meaning sell). "Hey!", as in "Hey Jude", also rhymes with grey and prey.
A rule that seems more or less to work is that the "ay" sound is used in single syllable "ey" words or words ending in "ey" in which the stress is on the last syllable, but the ee sound is used if the stress is on a previous syllable. This works for 'survey' as a verb but not for 'survey' as a noun, and there are doubtless more exceptions.
answered 1 hour ago
Philip WoodPhilip Wood
4076
edited 1 hour ago
answered 1 hour ago
Philip WoodPhilip Wood
4076
answered 1 hour ago
Philip WoodPhilip Wood
4076
answered 1 hour ago
Philip WoodPhilip Wood
4076
4076
In purvey and survey, it’s not unreasonable to assume that the pronunciation comes from the verb. Noun derivation from disyllabic verbs by stress retraction is a productive process in English, but it doesn’t entail secondary effects like changing a stressed /eɪ/ to unstressed /i/. There are some true exceptions – like parley (which can have either /eɪ/ or /i/), as well as loan words from various other languages (like maguey /ˡmagweɪ/ or /məˡgeɪ/, of which the latter fits the rule while the former doesn’t) – but they are definitely a minority.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
1 hour ago
add a comment |
In purvey and survey, it’s not unreasonable to assume that the pronunciation comes from the verb. Noun derivation from disyllabic verbs by stress retraction is a productive process in English, but it doesn’t entail secondary effects like changing a stressed /eɪ/ to unstressed /i/. There are some true exceptions – like parley (which can have either /eɪ/ or /i/), as well as loan words from various other languages (like maguey /ˡmagweɪ/ or /məˡgeɪ/, of which the latter fits the rule while the former doesn’t) – but they are definitely a minority.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
1 hour ago
In purvey and survey, it’s not unreasonable to assume that the pronunciation comes from the verb. Noun derivation from disyllabic verbs by stress retraction is a productive process in English, but it doesn’t entail secondary effects like changing a stressed /eɪ/ to unstressed /i/. There are some true exceptions – like parley (which can have either /eɪ/ or /i/), as well as loan words from various other languages (like maguey /ˡmagweɪ/ or /məˡgeɪ/, of which the latter fits the rule while the former doesn’t) – but they are definitely a minority.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
1 hour ago
In purvey and survey, it’s not unreasonable to assume that the pronunciation comes from the verb. Noun derivation from disyllabic verbs by stress retraction is a productive process in English, but it doesn’t entail secondary effects like changing a stressed /eɪ/ to unstressed /i/. There are some true exceptions – like parley (which can have either /eɪ/ or /i/), as well as loan words from various other languages (like maguey /ˡmagweɪ/ or /məˡgeɪ/, of which the latter fits the rule while the former doesn’t) – but they are definitely a minority.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Mysterry is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Mysterry is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Mysterry is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Mysterry is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Thanks for contributing an answer to English Language & Usage Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fenglish.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f494757%2fwhat-are-the-words-ending-in-ey-pronounced-e%25c9%25aa%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
