Timeline for How are "i.e." and "e.g." pronounced?
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| Jan 14, 2017 at 3:03 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | @SimonKuang So [ekˡsempliː ˡɡɾaːtiʲaː] and [et ˡketeɾa]? I suspect most English speakers wouldn't even understand what you meant. Do you also pronounce § as [ˡskiːliket] or [ˡsiŋna sektiʲoːnis], depending on meaning? | |
| Jan 28, 2016 at 20:55 | comment | added | AmI | a bridge word between 'free' and 'grace' might be 'favor' | |
| Jun 2, 2014 at 3:52 | comment | added | Simon Kuang |
I always pronounce them, along with etc. in the fully Roman, maximum show-off way when possible.
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| Sep 22, 2013 at 7:46 | comment | added | Talia Ford | @Malfist EXEMPLI GRATIA does not mean free example, it means "for the sake of an example". One shouldn't mistake the Latin noun grātia (grace, thankfulness, sake, present only in Romance languages) for the Latin adjective gratis (free, present both in the Romance and the Germanic languages). | |
| Sep 30, 2012 at 20:22 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | You are not supposed to pronounce these as read-out letters; you are supposed to pronounce them as their English equivalents. | |
| Jul 25, 2011 at 19:18 | comment | added | Malfist | exempli gratia does not mean "for example", it means "free example", which is essentially the same thing. | |
| Jun 5, 2011 at 19:57 | comment | added | Greg Bacon | @Paul I have a friend who thought e.g. stood for “example given.” At least the mnemonic would prevent inappropriate substitution of i.e. | |
| Jan 25, 2011 at 22:04 | history | edited | Chris | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Nov 5, 2010 at 20:18 | comment | added | Jon Purdy | @Ray: I always read them aloud as such, and it can get amusing when reading the work of others who have used them incorrectly. Oh, if only I had the chance to read more bad literature aloud... | |
| Aug 13, 2010 at 0:42 | comment | added | Paul Lammertsma | I have lived my entire adult life thinking "i.e." stood for "in essence". Thanks for this! | |
| Aug 12, 2010 at 23:52 | vote | accept | Lenik | ||
| Aug 12, 2010 at 23:27 | comment | added | Chris | It depends on who your audience is. Children, I think, would be distracted with the abbreviations. Educated adults wouldn't mind, though. | |
| Aug 12, 2010 at 23:18 | comment | added | Lenik | Can I read them out as, 'that is' and 'for example'? (When there's some audience) | |
| Aug 12, 2010 at 22:56 | history | answered | Chris | CC BY-SA 2.5 |