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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 09:50 AM
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Do you say "envelope" or "envelope"?
:shrug:
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msgadget Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 09:52 AM
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1. ONvelope
:bounce:
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 09:53 AM
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2. I say enVELope
for the verb. ;)
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NYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 09:54 AM
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3. I say "envelope". How about you?
I pronounce it AHnvelope.
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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 09:59 AM
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4. I say Ahnvelope also
I think INvelope sounds weird.
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 10:06 AM
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5. and the AHNvelope please...?
eom
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benny05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 10:15 AM
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6. both ways n/t
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SmokingJacket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 10:16 AM
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7. EHnvelope. I think.
They both sound all right to me.

EEEther, EYEther both sound fine too.

Ant, AHHHnt, both good.

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smbolisnch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 10:18 AM
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8. I say envelope. Onvelope drives me crazy.
That's a wierd pet peeve I have, kind of like when people say Uge instead of Huge. :P
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tmooses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 10:19 AM
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9. It's Ahnvelope,as in "Blackwell received numerous empty ahnvelopes".
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 10:19 AM
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10. AHN-vel-ope.
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Mixxster Donating Member (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 10:43 AM
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11. N-velope
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 11:30 AM
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12. Maybe it's a regional thing. I say ENvelope and I grew up in Miami
Edited on Mon Jan-17-05 11:31 AM by RagingInMiami
Any thoughts to it being a regional thing?
AHNvelope always sounded pretentious to me.
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 11:33 AM
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13. depends if its manila or not..........n/t
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