Argentine Pronunciation

Quote from Richard Pedersen

I have heard the word Argentine pronounced two ways:

• Argentine which rhymes with "fine"
• Argentine which rhymes with "teen"

Which is correct?

TIA,

Richard

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From a brief research on Google, it looks like it is yet another case of British vs. American English.

British English rhymes with fine, American English rhymes with teen.

Personally, I use the American English pronunciation... without knowing it. I think at first I was saying it the British way, but the very first English native speaker who repeated the word to me (not to correct me, just as part of our conversation) used the American pronunciation, so I have always stuck with it.

Thanks for this question.

Also to be remembered: Argentinian, adjective that’s means “of Argentina” and Argentine, a national of Argentina. However, not all dictionaries agree with this. Here is an interesting blog post on the issue: https://therealargentina.com/e…nean-decisions-decisions/

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Argentinian is frowned upon, generally.

Also, in the old days the country itself was referred to as The Argentine (like fine) and I have no idea why.

The Argentine apostrophe is very common here...