How do you pronounce Antigua?

[Bitterlittleman]

An tee ga

An tee gwa

Anti gwa

An tig wa

An tig you ah

 

[RobFunk]

An tee gwa

 

[Bitterlittleman]

alright, cause I heard it was An tee ga. oh well..

 

[sweetie]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by bitterlittleman:
alright, cause I heard it was An tee ga. oh well.. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


That is the correct pronunciation....the "u" is silent...An-tee-ga

 

[truthteller]

Sweetie is correct. it is An-tee-ga. I am from the British caribbean and it is always funny hearing foreigners saying An tee gwa.

 

[RobFunk]

you guys are right

Antigua (pronounced An-tee'guh) and Barbuda (pronounced Bar-byew'duh)

 

[newbie666]

weird.. cauze tie gua
is pronunced as

CUA.. CU-A

AN TI CU-A in latin...

 

[oldmantime]

It is good to know how to pronounce the most famous city on Earth. Once it was Las Vegas. Now today it is Antigua. And I had no idea that the "u" was silent.

How is their claim working out in the WTO. I know the decision went in their favor, but have heard nothing more.
Go ANTIGA!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bitterlittleman]

It kinda feels naughty saying AnteegA.

 

[oldmantime]

bitterlittleman--i know how you feel, but sometimes naughty helps us stay sane

 

[Bitterlittleman]

All those horrible years of grammer school has an effect..

 

[wolfie_cr]

if its Antigua as in Antigua, West Indies then "u" is silent

if its Antigua as in Antigua Guatemala or as in the spanish meaning of antigua which is "old or ancient" then you pronunce the "u"

I remember an airline clerk who got really really close to sending me to the wrong Antigua !!!!! that would have been funny (she was sending me to Guatemala instead of the island one!!)

 

[Bitterlittleman]

now that would have been a major fuck up.

 

[SubZaero]

If you are asking how it is pronunced in Spanish, it's
AN TEE GWA

 

[RobFunk]

thank you sub, thats exactly why i said that in my first post, and i learned it like 12 years ago on phone with sportsbook operator on where to send a money gram too. lol @ money gram, wonder if these actually get used in book transfers anymore

 

[Jabow]

The Correct way is

An-tee-gha,

also, the WTO situation is coming along, hopefully it will be resolved soon, but that whole topic is another Forum.