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From drmarx999 on 4/29/2017 6:39:43 PM

Pete Seeger and Eddie Peabody said Vee-ga; everyone I know says Vay-ga. Which is correct?

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	phdm says: 4/29/2017 9:55:03 PM Ah yes– the question of pronunciation. About two years ago, in May 2015, I asked the same question on this discussion group and got many comments. I don't know how to put a link to that thread, but if you search "Vega pronunciation", you'll come across it. I decided I was going to continue to say "Vay-guh".
	Bill H says: 4/30/2017 1:03:19 PM In Oxford dictionary online I found two pronounciations: vega 1, (vaygah)--a grassy plain, and Vega 2, (veega)-- The star Vega is the fifth brightest star in the sky. So take your pick, or pick your Vega.
	drmarx999 says: 4/30/2017 1:23:26 PM Thanks, guys! Banjo on!
	rbergesch says: 5/2/2017 12:06:57 PM One of my banjo buddies from Maine who visited the Boston factory as a youngster told me a few years ago that the factory guys all said 'Vee-ga'. I know another person who supplied parts to the Boston Company, who also says 'Vee-ga'... I've always been a 'Vay-ga' guy myself; that was the only way I ever heard it in the Mid West, where I learned to speak English. But I've come to the conclusion that 'Vee-ga' is probably more correct in a banjo context; and I'm trying to move my own speech pattern in that direction.
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