Heroine

[Traab]

Can someone tell me its its pronounced with a ween sound, or if its said like heroin? Honestly, the strangest things bug me at times.

[huttj509]

Can someone tell me its its pronounced with a ween sound, or if its said like heroin? Honestly, the strangest things bug me at times.

Like heroin.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/audio...=heroine&text=

[Mx.Silver]

Heroine and heroin are homophones, yes.

[Traab]

Heroine and heroin are homophones, yes.

Hey, I didnt ask about their sexual preferences! Ok, thanks guys, I had that one wrong I guess.

[Lentrax]

A good heroine is like good heroin. They're both very addictive.

[Flickerdart]

I've always pronounced it as "hee-ro-een" (as opposed to "heh-ro-in" for the drug).

[enderlord99]

I've always pronounced it as "hee-ro-een" (as opposed to "heh-ro-in" for the drug).

Same here.

[comicshorse]

Always pronounced it like the drug myself

[Jay R]

In my Texas accent, "heroin" and "heroine" are pronounced differently, but the difference is in the first syllable.

The female hero is a "hero-in". The drug is "hair-o-in." I suspect that there are lots of regional variations.

[thorgrim29]

I always thought that the drug had less emphasis on the e then the character... It is the exact same pronunciation (and spelling) in french though, leading to many puns in soulful rock ballads.

[Zyzzyva]

HEER-o-in vs HAIR-o-in. Like Jay R.

[erikun]

I've always pronounced "heroine" as hero-ine or here-o-ine, while the drug "heroin" I pronounce hair-o-in. Different first part pronunciation, along with an audible e at the end.

[Knaight]

I'm jumping on the Hero-in, hair-oh-in bandwagon, though heroine is about half way between the two. My regional accent is more or less U.S. Midwest, though it's big city U.S. Midwest. There's also some differences in syllable stress for the "O".

[Spiryt]

Well, I'm pretty sure that due to some weird 19th century ideas, they pretty much have same etymology/mean the same thing anyway.

"Become Heroine with our powder"

[Tvtyrant]

Oregon here, here they are pronounced the same.

[huttj509]

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From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5-ojeEETNc music video.

[Killer Angel]

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From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5-ojeEETNc music video.

I'm trying to imagine the video, with Lou Reed's heroin as soundtrack...

[Telonius]

Huh, never heard of them being pronounced differently. I grew up in NW Pennsylvania, and am living in Northern Virginia now; they've always both been "HAIR oh IN." I'll put it on the list next to Don/Dawn.

[Remmirath]

HEER-o-in / HAIR-o-in is how I've always both pronounced it and heard it said, as well (Michigan here). I suppose that is technically incorrect, although I hadn't realised it until now. Looking at the words, I can certainly see how it makes sense, and I might well have pronounced it correctly had I encountered it in text before I had heard it said.

[JBPuffin]

And this is why the Boys Like Girls song sits close to the top of my list - "I feel like a hero and you are my heroine.
Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?" It's almost too perfect.

Still need to write that superhero though...