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This is going to sound really stupid... I'm sorry, but ... how do you pronounce MAGI in English?

Some words are part of my written vocabulary, but I've never heard them spoken out loud - this is one of them...

is the MA pronounced like "may" or "MAgic"?

the G like "Geek" or "Genius"

the I like " I am " or "Ignore"?

How about Magus?

Just wondering...

LP.

Magi is pronounced "may-jeye" A bit like magic but without the "c" on the end.

Same with magus. "May-jus".

Now i would have typed it as : majee.

Ma= magic
G= genius
I= ignore

I hope that clears it up for you.

You say majee, I say majeye,
let's call the whole thing off!

My vote is for may-jeye.

Mah-Jy

Mah (rhymes with HA) Jy (rhymes with try)

And just to muddy the waters, I always reckoned magi to be singular and the plural to be magii, pronounced MayJee Eye. But I could be wrong....

I always thought Magi was plural and Mage was singular.

You is all trying to confuse me, init?

Le Petit Bateleur wrote:You is all trying to confuse me, init?

LMAO at that! funniest thing I have read on TM due to the nature of the context, I take my hat off to you sir!

Magi
MA is pronounced like Magic,
G, is pronounced like genius,
I, pronounced like eye
At least that's what I think.

Bloody hell I stand alone then?

I've never heard the word spoken so just presumed it would be maj ee.

Still...... I'm in denial so you are all wrong.

Alec

Just incase no one else has looked, this is from the dictionary.com;

Ma·gi [mey-jahy] Link to page with verbal pronunciation
–plural noun, singular

1. ( sometimes lowercase ) the wise men, generally assumed to be three in number, who paid homage to the infant Jesus. Matt. 2:1–12. Compare Balthazar ( def. 1 ) , Caspar ( def. 1 ) , Melchior ( def. 1 ) .

2. ( sometimes lowercase ) the class of Zoroastrian priests in ancient Media and Persia, reputed to possess supernatural powers.

3. ( lowercase ) astrologers.

Origin:
see Magus

Amazing how four little letters can produce such discussuion - thank goodness noboday asked about prestidigitator......

Mandrake wrote:Amazing how four little letters can produce such discussuion - thank goodness noboday asked about prestidigitator......

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