How do you pronounce "stingray"?
By you, I mean you, personally.
Sting-ray, or sting-gray?
And how is it supposed to be pronounced?
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Sting- ray.
sting·ray
/ˈstiNGˌrā/
It is a type of ray, not a type of gray
/ˈstɪŋˌɹeɪ/
It’s non-standard/informal to pronounce it /ˈstɪŋgˌɹeɪ/ but I do hear pronunciations like that, such as “singing” being pronounced /ˈsɪŋgɪŋ/.
I tried saying it out loud and it sure sounds like “stin-gray”.
New York city accent
@LuckyGuy But do you say Queens I son “Lon-Guyland”?
@zenvelo I absolutely used to call it: “lon GUY land”
I grew up in the middle of Nassau county.
Once I moved away to go to school I started pronouncing it Long Island.
I don’t have the accent at all now but some words do slip through.
Sting Ray. Like a Chevy Corvette.
@LuckyGuy But, do you know a guy who knows a guy who…
Sting ray. Southern accent.
I pronounce it as if the g is not entirely there. Like, the g starts but I never quite pop it.
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“Sting”: ing as in “Ding an sich.”
“Ray” rhymes with “day,” “say,” “play.”
Stress on the first syllable.
I’d bring out the g only if I were speaking with certain regional or ethnic accents.
It doesn’t come up in conversations very much.
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