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News Credits: 1 · by **Skywarp64** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:56 pm

I've seen it primarily pronounced two ways: Home-aj(as in Taj Mahal) and Hom(as in Hominid)-idge. Which one is right? Are they both acceptable ways to pronounce it?

News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:14 pm

Oh-maj. Or Hoh-maj. Both pronunciations are acceptable.

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:57 pm

Being a French word, the correct pronunciation would be Hom as in Oh My God and "ahj" as in Taj Mahal)

However for the English language I believe both ways are acceptable.

News Credits: 1 · by **Optimus1138** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:51 pm

I always thought of it as AH-midge, with the "AH" being pronounced like the "ho" in "honour."

by **WeatherManNX01** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:53 pm

Optimus1138 wrote:I always thought of it as AH-midge, with the "AH" being pronounced like the "ho" in "honour."

This is how I've always been taught to pronounce it.

Seems to me that this was fairly standard until about five or so years ago. I had never heard the other pronunciation until then. And when I did hear it, I was utterly confused as to what they were saying.

News Credits: 33 · by **Amelie** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:21 pm

(silent "w")whom-ahhge (as in "ahh", a sigh)

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:40 am

Overcracker wrote:the correct pronunciation would be Hom as in Oh My God and "ahj" as in Taj Mahal)

That is correct.

News Credits: 1 · by **T-Macksimus** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:52 pm

Normally I would go with the silent "H" and pronounce it 'ah-maj' but if it looks like I'm heading into a situation heavily patrolled by the Grammar Police, I cover my butt and simply 'pay tribute'.

News Credits: 37 · by **SlyTF1** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:56 pm

I don't care how the government says it's pronounced, I pronounce it just like it's spelled. "home-age" But don't pronounce "age" like the word age. It's like I take the e off, so the a sounds not like the letter "A" it's confusing.

News Credits: 1 · by **cybercat** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 6:56 am

L-lol it depends on how pretentious I want to be. Full on? oh-MAJ (stress on the second syllable--most English words have stress on the first); but I have been known to HOM-ij it as well if I'm speaking more casually.

Both are technically correct, dependent on how Americanized you want to sound.

HK, no help at all.