The G in vegan sounds like in "vegetable", or like in "Vegas"?!
The G in vegan sounds like in "vegetable", or like in "Vegas"?
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Vegas ..would be correct but there are two pronunciations for the word Vegan ..both correct depending on where you live ... [vej-uhn; especially Brit. vee-guhn .... I am used to the first which the e is short like Vegas (just substitute the s for the n) ..but many say the e long like tee ... ..either way ..you say tomato ..lol
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vegan forever EDIT : after futher discussion with someone on this subject unaware of why I would recieve thumbs down ... it has come to my attention that since the Vegan society of the US (and the words founder , Donald Watson) pronounce it as "VEE GAN" as well as the vegan society of the UK .. this is the only form most vegans accept ....and seem to get angry if you do not use this way...... with that I want to add that in New York it is quite COMMON and considered acceptable to use the soft g and e... so you will hear it pronounced that way often.. or is that "off en" or "off ten "... you can decide if having an open mind is part of being vegan , for we as people pronounce many words differently .. all being tolerant and acceptable of one another .. I am rather disgusted right now at the closed mindedness I am seeing .. that is my edit ..
Vegas!
vegas
vegas. it's pronounced like vee- gen.
Like vegetable..
here, read this
http://www.fatfree.com/archive/1998/may/...
vegas
Vegas! Though it's pronounced different. I've heard it like vee-gun and vay-gin
Oh, and Keith D, I checked out your llink, and the guy only assumes it on the first link.
vegas... that's how I say it.
Vegan is pronounced 'Veehgun'.
Rhymes with eden, like in the garden of eden, there is a vegan cookbook called garden of vegan.
vegan
v as in Very
e as in EEl
g as in veGas
a as in And
n as in No
vegan (veeegan)
Vegas! WOOT! WOOT!
vegas
Now come on -even in the beginning it was not the forbidden meat it was the forbidden fruit.
In Canada Vegan is pronounced Vae gan (a long a sound where the e is and a hard g sound the a before the n is short sound but some say gen in stead of gan hard g either way!
I know American pronouncing is some what different probably!
Vegas
Vive Las Vegas.
vegas definitly .......lol
Vegas