How do you pronounce Regina?

[Scarecrow]

I've always pronounced it rehj-eye-nah as in Queen Elizabeth Regina.
However, having recently watched an episode of Space:1999 in which there was a character called Regina and the Alphans prnounced it reh-gee-nah.

So I was wondering, how do you pronounce the Spinward Marches 'Regina'?

Crow

 

[Malenfant]

I pronounce it "redge-eye-nah"

That said, there's a pronounciation key here:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=regina

(if you can understand the gibberish squiggles that dictionaries use for pronounciations, that is...)

 

[Gruffty]

Ree-jiy-nah. Rhymes with......

 

[Scarecrow]

Originally posted by Gruffty:
Ree-jiy-nah. Rhymes with......

...vagina. Yes. That's why I always feel uncomfortable saying it.

Crow

 

[Whipsnade]

"rehj-GEE-nah"

Like the city in Saskatchewan I flew into a few weeks ago. You'll notice a lot of bodies in the Regina system have names associated with the Canadian prarie provinces.

This is because Traveller is 'Yanks in Space'.


Have fun,
Bill

 

[Scarecrow]

Ah yes, a third, Reh-jee-nah. I actually quite like that one. I think I'll start using that one from now on.

Crow

 

[Spinward Scout]

I think the word is Latin for Royal. When used as a person's name, it's the female form of the name Reginald, so maybe it should be Reh-Gin(like the alcohol)-Uh. But an old friend was named Regina and she pronounced it Reh-gee-nah.

 

[Andrew Boulton]

Ah, this'll be the Regina Monologue...

I'm fairly sure the official answer is reh-JIY-nuh.

 

[Scarecrow]

Originally posted by Andrew Boulton:
Ah, this'll be the Regina Monologue...

One smirk point to you, sir!

Crow

 

[far-trader]

Originally posted by Bill Cameron:
"rehj-GEE-nah"

Like the city in Saskatchewan I flew into a few weeks ago. You'll notice a lot of bodies in the Regina system have names associated with the Canadian prarie provinces.

This is because Traveller is 'Yanks in Space'.


Have fun,
Bill

BLAST IT BILL! You low down skunk. How could you be flying through my backyard and not drop me a PM so I might have the chance to stand you a real drink? What are the odds you'll ever pass through again

Now I'm gonna have to reconsider hunting you down on your own turf

Oh, the question. Well living here naturally I have always pronounced it the same as the city too. I think Andrew's reh-JIY-nuh is closer to the way we say it here

 

[virushi]

There once was a girl from Regina
With a jump drive inside her [you figure it out]
Goodness knows where she hid
Her lanthanum grid
But her drop tanks sure helped to define her.

 

[mike wightman]

 

[jappel]

Claudia Black is from Regina? COOL!

-John

 

[Andrew Boulton]

Virushi, you swine! You owe me a new keyboard!

 

[Spud]

'You say Regeena,
I say Regyna,
You say vagena,
I say vagyna...

Let's call the whole thing off.

 

[aramis]

As the latin, from which it originates; clumsily similar to Ray-jee-nuh, and also reh-gee-nah.

It means female ruler and/or wife of ruler.

Of course, I also say Jew-well. and Mee-thrall.

But the real question: Asinoboya, the GG Regina orbits.
a as in bat, sin as the action, o-boy-ya
I may have spelled it wrong.

 

[far-trader]

Originally posted by Aramis:
As the latin, from which it originates; clumsily similar to Ray-jee-nuh, and also reh-gee-nah.

It means female ruler and/or wife of ruler.

Of course, I also say Jew-well. and Mee-thrall.

But the real question: Asinoboya, the GG Regina orbits.
a as in bat, sin as the action, o-boy-ya
I may have spelled it wrong.

Assiniboia is the spelling for the Saskatchewan community, not sure how the Traveller one is spelled. The name is aboriginal in origin and was the name for the area before settlers arrived. It means "one who cooks with stones". History class is over

You're pretty close to the way we say it here (though the pronounciation may have been different in the original tongue). Most I hear it's: A (as in bat) sin (as in) a (as in bat) boy (as in) a (as in bat). Again emphasis on the first syllable and softening off from there.

For what it's worth

Interesting on the other two. I too say Jew-well. But the other I say Myth-er-al.

 

[jonathonbarton]

Well, having had classmates with that name, they insisted on pronouncing it like you would a girl named Gina (or, if your an actress, Geena, like Davis)

Since it's saturday at work, and I'm bored...
Regina: Reh-Gina.
Assiniboia: Ah sin ee boy ah
Jewell: Jool
Mithril: Mith'rll
Cipango: Sip-pain-go
Chronor: Kronor
Entrope: Entropy

Xhosa: Zho-sah
Chwistyoch: Twisty-och
Foelen: Feelin'

Nakege: Na-Keg-eh
Utoland: You-toe-land
Choleosti: Koll-ee-o-stee
Digitis: Didg-EYE-tis (like a disease of the fingers)
Stellatio: Ummm..yeah. I hope to hell my PCs never go there - I can't say that one with a straight face.
Quiru: Queer-you
Smoug: Smog
Ffudn: Fuh-Foo-dn
Nosea: Nausea
Ochecate: Oh-cheh-Kate
Quhaiathat: Quiet-Hat
Uakye: Depends on your EDU. Average Joes misread it and pronounce it "UK", Smart people get the joke and call it "Wacky"

Cipatwe: See-Pat-Away
Fulacin: Full-A-Sin
Tacaxeb: Tack-a-heb, from the Mexican-Spanish 'X', like oaxaca (Wa-Ha-Ka)
Ylaven: "Laven" with a near-silent Y, like saying the name that mailman from Cheers without the Cs - "Liff Laven"
567-908: Five-Six-Seven-Niner-Zero-Eight...

 

[Gruffty]

I found this:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=regina

The pronounciation guide says the little squiggley things make it sound like:

Rih-jy-nah

But it is the American Heritage Dictionary, not a Latin dictionary.

 

[Jame]

I've always pronounced Mithril as My-thryl, and Regina as Reh Gi Na.