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Originally Posted by kwoldtimer
Feenancial as in a long "e"? Never. Are you thinking perhaps of a short I "fin" sound? That is not "correct" as far as I know, but you do hear it. In fact, some people let it slide toward a short "u" sound (fuhnancial).
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Yep, exactly. When I typed it I didn't bother illustrating the length of the sound, I wanted to contrast the sound (in retrospect, I should just have said 'e'!) as opposed to the other sound ('eye', like the letter 'i').
So yep, definitely "short e". Is that one the incorrect one? 'Cause I've heard it plenty on CBC. Should I adopt the "eye" version? And both financial and finance are always pronounced (their beginning, I mean) the same, right?