Envelope or onvelope?

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Envelope here, it's clearly an E and not an O!

Depends on posh the person to whom I am speaking is

For pities sake it's En

Onvelope. In the same way that it's eye-ther not ee-ther

Some people say OM velope...

'En' to rhyme with 'ten' unless I am speaking French.

I know a lot of people who say 'Umvalope'

I say Envelope.

It’s envelope, unless you’re talking about pushing it, and then it’s ONVelope.

Thems the rules

I always think it's when pretentious people try and make it french sounding (i.e. en route). Same people I know who say 'restauran' without the tea in an effort to sound superior french.

As for ee-ther or eye-ther, I use both interchangeably!

T not tea!!

I use both. I can’t stop saying it now.

I know a lot of people who say 'Umvalope'

Come to think of it, one of DH's childhood neighbours used to pronounce envelope as 'umbelow'.

I always think it's when pretentious people try and make it french sounding (i.e. en route)

But what do you say -- 'en route' to rhyme with 'ben sprout'?

@WrongKindOfFace I have just burst out laughing as I too am sitting here scrolling and repeatedly saying
ooooonnnnvelope
envelope
and even had a little go at "restauran" in a fancy french accent

Envelope here. Onvelope sounds very pretentious to my ears.

Cafetière sounds pretentious too

I say Onvelope but write envelope.

Oh god EN-velope all the way here! Drives me potty when people say ON-velope!

Equally annoying is when people pronounce forehead as for-red (I.e 'for' instead of 'four')!

On-velope is the correct pronunciation but hardly anyone says it these days. I knew someone who used to say ‘elarstic’ for elastic.

You can’t argue how something is spelt to justify its pronunciation op. The two rarely go hand in hand.

'for' instead of 'four'

Four and for (and fore) all sound the same to me.

I say onvelope, for-red and draw-ing rather than drawring.

In deepest Sarf London we say Onvelope.

Onvelope, and I’m not sure why, presumably my parents did. None of my children do though, they all say envelope.
I also say nothing but the rest of my family say nuthing. I obviously didn’t bring them up right!

Four and for (and fore) all sound the same to me

Me too. And it's forrid not "forehead"

I have been selling envelopes for over 30 years. In the trade they are always pronounced ENvelopes to rhyme with ten.

I say both, I think. How do people pronounce en route is they're so desperate to not sound pretentious?

For and four = same to me and I say forrid (like horrid) and fore-head.