Azure City

[Tornek the Unhygenic]

I was wondering, how do you specificly pronounce Azure? Personnaly, I pronounce it Aa-jy-ear.

[TigerHunter]

http://209.161.33.50/dictionary/azure
Huh. Apparently it's 'azher', but I've always pronounced it 'azoor'.
And I don't plan on changing just because Merriam Webster says otherwise.

[Tolkien_Freak]

It's 'æzhər'.

I've never actually heard it any other way.

[CardinalFang]

(http://dictionary.oed.com.proxy.library.cornell.edu:2048/graphics/parser/gifs/mb/sm.gifæhttp://dictionary.oed.com.proxy.library.cornell.edu:2048/graphics/parser/gifs/mb/zh.gifhttp://dictionary.oed.com.proxy.library.cornell.edu:2048/graphics/parser/gifs/mb/schwa.gif(r), http://dictionary.oed.com.proxy.library.cornell.edu:2048/graphics/parser/gifs/mb/sm.gifæhttp://dictionary.oed.com.proxy.library.cornell.edu:2048/graphics/parser/gifs/mb/zh.gif(j)http://dictionary.oed.com.proxy.library.cornell.edu:2048/graphics/parser/gifs/mb/shtu.gifhttp://dictionary.oed.com.proxy.library.cornell.edu:2048/graphics/parser/gifs/mb/schwa.gif(r), http://dictionary.oed.com.proxy.library.cornell.edu:2048/graphics/parser/gifs/mb/sm.gifehttp://dictionary.oed.com.proxy.library.cornell.edu:2048/graphics/parser/gifs/mb/shti.gif-)

I seriously hope those annoying IPA symbols show up properly.

Basically, for English speakers, these would come out as æ = A as in "fat," http://dictionary.oed.com.proxy.library.cornell.edu:2048/graphics/parser/gifs/mb/zh.gif = SI as in "Asia," http://dictionary.oed.com.proxy.library.cornell.edu:2048/graphics/parser/gifs/mb/schwa.gif = U like in "put" (kinda), http://dictionary.oed.com.proxy.library.cornell.edu:2048/graphics/parser/gifs/mb/shtu.gif = OO as in "hook," http://dictionary.oed.com.proxy.library.cornell.edu:2048/graphics/parser/gifs/mb/shti.gif = I as in "bit."

So, "azh-er," "azh-yoor," and "aizh-er," "aizh-yoor."