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HelpRe: How do you pronounce Cheyenne?
by shy-ANN (guest)
3/7/2009, 3:40 PM
in reply to a message by Lily8
I can't imagine pronouncing it differently. It's the name of a city (as mentioned by the last poster) and the name of a Native American tribe.
I don't care for it as a first name, to tell you the truth.
I don't care for it as a first name, to tell you the truth.
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•I understand that, but it still doesn't make phonetic sense to me. (nt) · Isla · 3/8/2009, 12:27 PM
•Why should it be pronounced SHAY-enn? So not obvious, somehow... (m) · LoQuiero · 3/7/2009, 5:52 PM
•Again, French pronunciation. Different cultures have different prn's, etc. · Isla · 3/7/2009, 11:36 PM
•Re: Why should it be pronounced SHAY-enn? So not obvious, somehow... (m) · guessing · 3/7/2009, 5:59 PM
•Re: Why should it be pronounced SHAY-enn? So not obvious, somehow... (m) · Here's the etymology according to Webster · 3/7/2009, 6:03 PM
•shy-ANN- it's the correct way, as far as I;m concerned. nt · Dragon_Clarinet (nsi) · 3/7/2009, 3:48 PM
•Re: How do you pronounce Cheyenne? · shy-ANN · 3/7/2009, 3:40 PM
•I would be curious to see where people are from. I figured anyone from the US would pronounce it 1 way. (nt). · z_amy · 3/8/2009, 8:55 AM