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[Opinions] Regina
by roe121
10/17/2011, 3:14 PM
in reply to a message by molly
In college I had a classmate named Regina, and our professor was British. Whenever he did roll call, he said Reg-eye-nah instead of Reg-ee-nah, which unfortunately for her caused a lot of snickers!
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- Andromache (Hannah Ruth)
10/17/2011, 4:13 PM
The Queen is referred to as Elizabeth Regina (ER) so it's more commonly seen in that form. That's probably why.
http://gallery.nen.gov.uk/assets/0802/0000/0294/romford14_mid.jpg
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- insane romantic
10/17/2011, 3:24 PM
I think I'd say reg-eye-nah too actually. Maybe it's back to the days when the word regina was used for Queens (Elizabeth Regina for example) - I think it's still like that on coins, and I think that was pronounced this way.
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