Is it finance or finance pronunciation?
Yet, there is one puzzling question that the profession has never settled on nor even addressed: the pronunciation of the word spelled f-i-n-a-n-c-e. There are generally two acceptable pronunciations, fi- nance, where the accent is on the first syllable, and fi-nance, where the accent is on the second syllable.
How do you say Finance in USA?
How do you pronounce this word Financial?
Why do people say Fuhnance?
Why do some people pronounce finance, “finánce”? “Finance” as a noun entered English from French in the 1400s. The French pronunciation had the accent on the second syllable. English speakers who borrowed the word from French were being true to the French pronunciation by accenting the second syllable.