C-1ToolSteel Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I think it's about time that we address a very important subject relating to no other tool than the one that we spend so much time hammering over, bending over, cutting over, etc. The anvil. I'm not trying to start a debate on the "best brand", "best size", or "best pattern", but rather taking a survey of how we are pronouncing the actual name. This is a subject that I am rather passionate about. How do YOU pronounce this word. Do you pronounce it with the second syllable rhyming with *hill* or *full*? I know that we are all diferent, so I will keep this as unbiased as a possibly can. Personally I pronounce it the RIGHT way which is #2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Option #1, but I am somewhat over-educated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 #2, but I have a bit of a drawl... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 There is no universal "right way" to pronounce anvil or many other terms. There are regional differences and national dialects. Mr. Stevens cogently points out that he has a regional "drawl" and that is a correct pronunciation for his part of the country. The dialect in Boston, Ma. and New York City. N.Y. is probably different, as it will be in Ontario, or Quebec, Canada, or England for example. SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-1ToolSteel Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 I know, I know... I just thought this would be fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adun Clebr Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 "And-veal" is how I says it. There's a long pause where the dash is... Veal has two syllables, in this pronunciation, so I say option #1 and option #2 simultaneously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-1ToolSteel Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Hey, I like that one! I'm adding option 3 which is "none of the above". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 #1 when I am alert uh.... No. #2. I think. Sometimes I speak like a Californian, sometimes Texas Panhandle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 'an-vl' is the way i say it. ain't no vowels hidin out in MY tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Option two. All the way. Never will I say "anvill". Just doesn't sound right at all! Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Rhyme it with evil; or Cruella de Vil; or vile or just call it yunque, amboss, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notownkid Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 12 hours ago, SLAG said: Mr. Stevens cogently points out that he has a regional "drawl" and that is a correct pronunciation for his part of the country. The dialect in Boston, Ma. and New York City. N.Y. is probably different, as it will be in Ontario, or Quebec, Canada, or England for example. Left out was NJ, and a couple of different dialects in Maine alone, us Native Vermonters (those few of us left) have our own as well. I know my way of "VIL" like village is the correct way and the rest are all wrong. That should start it rolling along can't wait for the njanvilman and frosty's reply!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 BEE-tuh-pon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JME1149 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I refer to mine as My Precious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 needs more ssssss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommytaptap Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 For me, my anvil is my woman. ANN VILL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wroughton Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 What if it didn't have a name? Would you be able to work over it? What do you call yours when the horn attacks your hip? I don't whisper sweet nothings in its hardy hole. Villainous Anne? I'd be banned down the road if I shared even the some of the more kind names I've come up for my anvils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-1ToolSteel Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 On January 15, 2017 at 10:16 PM, C-1ToolSteel said: Anvilla the Hun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stockmaker Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I say it anvul, but most everyone around me says it as option 1 Anvill, so I have been trying to change but not making any progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Lazy Australian speech here - anvle. Like trouble. Doesn't really matter, does it? A rose by any other name ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 This sure is a fun topic to read for a non-English-speaker I've really never tought of this many variations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 We could also debate the pronunciation of swage. I say swedge, like wedge, but others say swayge. And don't even ask about tuyere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Blauwhpoyp How's the yabbies runnin Ausfire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Martin Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I never really thought bout this before, but I think I say it like Option #2. According to the Oxford American Desk Dictionary, it's supposed to be Option #1 (it only lists one pronunciation). I guess I'm wrong a lot, lol. I always say swage like rage, probably because I first learned that word from a book and therefore wasn't influenced by the local dialect. As for tuyere, that's French I believe, so we'll have to defer to them on that, unless it's an American spelling/corruption like tue or twear (rhymes with shoe and smear).... I never did get the hang of the French u sound, so I just pronounce it too-yair. But yup, a rose by any other name, so long as we all halfway understand each other! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yves Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 No problem. I and a bunch of us out there (and in here) say "enclume" On 15/01/2017 at 10:57 PM, Charles R. Stevens said: #2, but I have a bit of a drawl... Charles, please, am I to understand what you mean when you say "a bit of a drawl" the same way I understood the young lady when she said "I am a little pregnant"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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