Protagonist

[ethandron]

I say protagonist with a soft 'j' in the middle.
He says it with a hard 'g' in the middle.
How would you pronounce it?

[marval]

Hard G for me.

[sophie_1003]

Hard g

[ladybirder]

Hard G, never heard it said any other way.

[ethandron]

Doh, this means he's right...again! :(
No one out there who pronounces it the way I do?? Please???

[Psybbo]

hard g

[gness]

I will for a bottle of red.

[ummmm]

G

[ABerrant]

How do you pronounce antagonise / antagonist?

[ABerrant]

D'oh! - antagoniZe

[Marijn]

http://www.howjsay.co...agonist&submit=Submit

[sophie_1003]

ise is correct Aberrant; ize is more often used in America so no need to 'doh'!

[Prudie]

G what else?

[boxtops]

G - I've never heard it with a J. Dictionary.com confirms it's a G http://dictionary.ref...om/browse/protagonist

[boxtops]

The ..ise/ize argument is interesting, when I was a kid we were always taught ~ize is English, ~ise is US - it's gone the other way now, the spellcheck for US is always ~ize.

[ABerrant]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_spelling

[ethandron]

Ok, I get it, I'm wrong...
Someone on the tv Olympic coverage just said it with a 'g' and that's what started the debate in our house.
Thanks everyone :)

[sophie_1003]

Ah, interesting! I still use ise because I think it looks better, just as I prefer focused over focussed even though (apparently) the single s is more common in the US.

[parkie]

Two men in a bar arguing over the pronunciation of the word Hawaii.
No. 1 says, "It's Hawaii. With a W".
No. 2 says, "It's Havaii. With a V."
They agree to ask another man in the bar what the correct sound should be.
"Havaii." He replies.
"Thanks very much,"says one of the men.
"You're velcome." comes the reply.