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 Neil Adams 11 Jul 2011
What's the correct pronounciation of "Gneiss"? "Nice" as in pleasant, "Nice" as in the place in the south of France, or something else?
 JTM 11 Jul 2011
In reply to Neil Adams:
Gnice... as in pleasant and with the G.
OP Neil Adams 11 Jul 2011
In reply to Neil Adams: So, two votes for "nice" as in pleasant, one with the G and one without. Thanks for those! Any advance on that?
 Ramblin dave 11 Jul 2011
In reply to Neil Adams:
Like Borat - iss naise.
 Dave Warburton 11 Jul 2011
In reply to Neil Adams: Pleasant with the g.
 stonemaster 11 Jul 2011
In reply to Neil Adams: Pleasant, no G...maybe that's why no one understands what one is trying to say...
OP Neil Adams 11 Jul 2011
In reply to Neil Adams: OK, thanks all. At least we've ruled out the 'south of France' version...
In reply to Neil Adams:

It's always in England been pronounced by geologists for 150 years as 'nice'.
 Hoppo 11 Jul 2011
In reply to Neil Adams:

I was just about to say I've always pronounced it as in niece, with a silent g
 Hoppo 11 Jul 2011
In reply to Hoppo:

But that's cause I've never heard anyone else say it!
Anonymous 11 Jul 2011
In reply to Neil Adams: Nice, like pleasant, with as much hint of a g as knife has hint of a k, i.e. none.
 Franco Cookson 11 Jul 2011
In reply to Neil Adams:

People are just trying to troll you by saying you don't pronounce the 'g'. It's actually 'geese', like the bird.
 jadias 12 Jul 2011
In reply to Neil Adams:

'Nice' as in pleasant, no G. That's how I learned it, how everyone else i know pronounces it and I deal with it frequently as a career volcanologist, so make of that what you will.
 stonemaster 12 Jul 2011
In reply to Anonymous: Like knee even...
 Fraser 12 Jul 2011
In reply to stonemaster:
> (In reply to Anonymous) Like knee even...

We all g-now that's pronounced g-nee.

 cander 12 Jul 2011
In reply to jadias:

What would a Volcanologist know about Gneiss - flippin gardener
 niallk 12 Jul 2011
In reply to Anonymous:
> (In reply to Neil Adams) Nice, like pleasant, with as much hint of a g as knife has hint of a k, i.e. none.

Or like gnome...

Phonetics on here (and exactly the same as those for nice):

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gneiss
 Tobias at Home 12 Jul 2011
In reply to JTM:
> (In reply to Neil Adams)
> Gnice... as in pleasant and with the G.

i've been thoroughly confused about this ever since i lay eyes on gaillands....

do the french pronounce the G maybe?
 Tobias at Home 12 Jul 2011
In reply to Tobias at Home: a quick google and...

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=987308

"Yes the 'g' is pronounced and separately from the 'n'. It's not a gn like in 'agneau' or grignoter. It's a 'g' like in 'gare' followded by a 'n' and the rest is like in 'abesse'."
 john arran 12 Jul 2011
In reply to Tobias at Home:

audio file (albeit not a great one) here: http://www.larousse.com/en/dictionaries/french/gneiss
 Toerag 12 Jul 2011
In reply to Neil Adams: definitely the 'pleasant' way - if it originates from German as per this explanation
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gneiss
then that's definitely correct - the 'ei' and 'ie' sounds are pronounced with the second of the two letters in German -> ei = i, ie = e.
 Tobias at Home 12 Jul 2011
In reply to john arran: cheers. although that makes it sound more like g-niss (to rhyme with miss) in french...
 JTM 12 Jul 2011
In reply to Tobias at Home:
> (In reply to jon)
> [...]
>
> i've been thoroughly confused about this ever since i lay eyes on gaillands....
>
> do the french pronounce the G maybe?

Of course they do. Otherwise it'd be Aillands...

 Simon Caldwell 12 Jul 2011
In reply to Neil Adams:

ga-nee-iss
In reply to JTM:

Got a mate who pronounces it "Gallyands"

ALC
 JTM 12 Jul 2011
In reply to a lakeland climber:
> (In reply to jon)
>
> Got a mate who pronounces it "Gallyands"
>
> ALC

Bit like the people who say the Goutier, or the Gran Paradisio.
 petestack 12 Jul 2011
In reply to JTM:

You should hear me say 'gilet'! :-P
 JTM 12 Jul 2011
In reply to petestack:

Ha, enlighten me Pete!
 petestack 13 Jul 2011
In reply to JTM:

Well, instead of 'jee-ay' (how to spell that opening soft 'g' in phoney phonetics?), try just reading it through English-speaking eyes as 'gilet' (think 'kill it' with a hard 'g' instead of the 'k' to start)! Although sometimes I manage jee-ay (how to spell etc.) and sometimes just settle for 'insulated vest'...
 JTM 13 Jul 2011
In reply to petestack:

And with long arms it becomes a doovette?
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