How do you pronounce the word "eleven"?

[CarpeDeo]

Do you prounounce the first "e" as a long e, like "see" or do you pronounce it like a short "i" like "pit"?

 

[sixone]

Eeeeeeleven.

 

[Led Zeppelin]

11

 

[SilentZero]

long e of course

 

[Frost Byte]

short i.

11:50

ill-eh-ven fifty

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

someimes E, sometimes uh

 

[stan394]

yee LEH ven

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Or how about the word pinched. I say it pEEnched... Others seem to say it "p-inched".
Tas.

 

[purbeast0]

uh - le - vin

 

[Judgement]

hmm, I never really paid attention to that

I probably use both

 

[Aves]

short i

 

[Rock Hydra]

I don't put he emphasis on the e, kinda the lazy way of saying it. Pronounced like Uh-leven.

 

[cjgallen]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
uh - le - vin

 

[keeleysam]

uh-leh-ven

 

[ActuaryTm]

This way.

 

[Wallydraigle]

Just a generic vowel sound.

 

[Shawn]

11

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: cjgallen

Originally posted by: purbeast0
uh - le - vin

 

[Mrvile]

I use the schwah sound.

Uh-leven.

 

[david46675]

yeah, like actuarytm said...

ill-ehv-ehn

 

[Otaking]

ee-leh-vun

 

[Landroval]

one-one

 

[Juno]

Originally posted by: ActuaryTm
This way.

teh winnar!

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

uhh lev in

 

[JoeKing]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelevnty biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilion dolares.