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Reply 1
leth-a-gee

I think :redface:
VixenIW
leth-a-gee

I think :redface:


Can anyone confirm this?
VixenIW
leth-a-gee

I think :redface:

Indeed, it is leth-a-gee.

Comes from Lethargic? Le-thar-gic. :wink:
Reply 4
BlueAngel
Can anyone confirm this?



Assuming you have an ordinary English accent, it's leth-a-gee; the 'a' should be a schwa technically, representing the sort of sound you find at the end of the word 'sofa'.
Thanks guys :smile: I kept thinking it was leth a jey
Reply 6
It's pronounced 'leth-ar-jy'

The 'g' is soft, as in 'garage'.
Reply 7
afireinside©
Indeed, it is leth-a-gee.

Comes from Lethargic? Le-thar-gic. :wink:



Other way round; the adjective is derived from the noun.
Reply 8
There's an "r" in it.
confusion - is it jee as in jam? or gee as in gray?
Reply 10
G4ry
There's an "r" in it.



Most English accents are non-rhotic; the 'r' is pronounced as a schwa; Americans and the Irish tend to pronounce their 'r's though.
Reply 11
BlueAngel
confusion - is it jee as in jam? or gee as in gray?


Jam. Soft g.
Reply 12
le-thar-gee
Reply 13
svidrigailov
Jam. Soft g.

Yep.
leth-er-gee

This is a southern pronounciation though
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/lethargy

Pronunciation: 'lethurjee :eek: :eek: different to what you're all saying.
Reply 16
BlueAngel
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/lethargy

Pronunciation: 'lethurjee :eek: :eek: different to what you're all saying.

That's basically what I said!
svidrigailov
Jam. Soft g.

I dont understand, sorry, whats a soft g????
Reply 18
Posh = leth-arrrrr-gee
Mancunian = leth-a-gee
Southern = leth-errrrr-gee

Take your pick :p:
Reply 19
kew96158
That's basically what I said!


That would be the American pronunciation. The Oxford English Dictionary has the 'r' sound silent, in keeping with standard Received Pronunciation.