Hi all
Did a quick search and didn't find anything that related to this, so thought I'd ask.
Is there a consensus, or pattern of opinion on the pronunciation of 'proven'.
I have a friend who favours "proov'n". I favour "prove'n". My dictionary (albeit only Encarta), lists both.
Any opinions?
cheer
the sunshine warrior
how do you pronounce 'prove' then?
I favour "prove'n". (Mmm, it is SO nice to have you posting again!!! <GRIN>) Do you mean that the o has the same sound as in oh? Oh, no!
It's oo. As in coo.
'Prove', the word = proov.
But in "prove'n", the sound was meant to rhyme with 'grove'. Apologies for the ambiguity.
Proovn, definitely proovn.
Sorry, shanks, but it's definitely proovn up here too. If I here p-roe-vn, I think of Ole Blighted, especially public school twits.
But in "prove'n", the sound was meant to rhyme with 'grove'.
Has anyone looked this up?
Pronunciation: prüv
Inflected Form(s): proved; proved \-vd\; or prov·en \-vn\;
©W3
IOW, the US standard for inflected forms just adds an unstressed syllable to proov.
Great to hear you're back, Shanks - welcome, mate.
Definitely /proov'n/ for me, too, with a vague feeling of recognition in what my updownside bro said about the crust of the blighted uppers... but we allus knew you were secretly a nob ;)
>but we allus knew you were secretly a nob ;)
Don't you mean nabob? Or should he bring his Mum by?
So there go my chances of impressing hoi polloi with my working class cred. Damn you Billy Bragg for giving me hope!
cheer
the sunshine "definitely looking for a new England" warrior
In Scottish law there is a three verdict system; 'guilty', 'not guilty' and 'not proven'. In this case the word always seems to be pronounced as proven, not as prooven.
In case of interest, here is a link:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/faq/notprov.asp
Well, I never had a public school eddication, but I've always pronounced it as prov/n. My better half, the one with the law degree, disagrees with me and agrees with the pruv/n school. So there's nothing new there, then.
Oh, and welcome back, Shanks. It's been a long time since I saw a post from you.