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#207808 - 10/28/12 09:34 AM What is the proper pronunciation of patina?
Suzanne Gray stranger Registered: 06/17/10 Posts: 1 Loc: Guilford, Connecticut, USA	My very own daughter insists that it's pronounced as "pah-TEE-na." But all my life I've accented the first syllable. Others seem to agree with my daughter. What is the consensus among word lovers?
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#207809 - 10/28/12 09:48 AM Re: What is the proper pronunciation of patina? [Re: Suzanne Gray]
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3290 Loc: R'lyeh	What is the consensus among word lovers? Congratulations, you're both "proper". The pronunciation of patina has been changing over the years. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#207817 - 10/28/12 03:43 PM Re: What is the proper pronunciation of patina? [Re: Suzanne Gray]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803	I'm an old geezer and I've always pronounced it pah-TEE-na.
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#207819 - 10/28/12 04:34 PM Re: What is the proper pronunciation of patina? [Re: zmjezhd]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Sure. It's PA-tee-na on odd days and pa-TEE-na on even days. Edited by BranShea (10/29/12 06:14 AM) Edit Reason: the lost e
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#207820 - 10/28/12 04:40 PM Re: What is the proper pronunciation of patina? [Re: Faldage]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass	Originally Posted By: Faldage I'm an old geezer and I've always pronounced it pah-TEE-na. I am another, and I've never heard it other than pahTEEna.
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#207823 - 10/28/12 06:41 PM Re: What is the proper pronunciation of patina? [Re: Faldage]
Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1075 Loc: Lancaster, UK	Originally Posted By: Faldage I'm an old geezer and I've always pronounced it pah-TEE-na. On the other hand, I am contemporaneous with Faldo and have always heard it - and pronounced it - PA-tin-a. May be a Brit-USn thang. _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise
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#207825 - 10/28/12 06:55 PM Re: What is the proper pronunciation of patina? [Re: Rhubarb Commando]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass	good thought, Ruby Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈpatehnə/ , U.S. /pəˈteenə/ [OED online] (with substitutes for IPA i)
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#207829 - 10/29/12 06:33 AM Re: What is the proper pronunciation of patina? [Re: tsuwm]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Patina is PA-tee-na in Italy and Spain, in Holland and in Germany, but the French (:~)) have it their own way with pa-TI-ne. So this may have been of influence to the American way of pronunciation. Considering French immigrants in older days. ? Pa-TEE-na sounds like a girl's name to me.
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#207834 - 10/29/12 11:46 AM Re: What is the proper pronunciation of patina? [Re: BranShea]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8430 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	I've asked several folks here in the heartland, and it's pa-TEE-nah. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#207849 - 10/29/12 06:28 PM Re: What is the proper pronunciation of patina? [Re: LukeJavan8]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Well, of course, salud to the heartland and salut to pretty Patina.
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