English Language & Usage Asked by El Ronnoco on March 13, 2021
This is just something I’ve noticed over the last few years in the English (UK) media and I wondered if there is some explanation for it.
It used to be that ‘financial’ and ‘finance’ were pronounced with an ‘iy’ sound (fiynancial) – the I sound from ‘sigh’ or ‘bye’ for example. But it seems that all newsreaders and correspondents are currently under instructions to pronounce these with a hard I such as the I from ‘kick’.
I find this particularly irksome with the word ‘finance’ for some reason!
Has anyone else noticed this? Is there a reason? Is it an Americanism?
As a Brit I can only take the BBC as an example of correct pronunciation; they have departments for these things. Though the fin/fine thing does occur, it seems to me both versions of the word are generally pronounced "fiynancial".
Answered by Simman on March 13, 2021
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