The pronunciation of proven

[minestrone]

I would say the o as in over, everyone seems to say the o like a u.

What's going on here?

[SupremeSpod]

I would say the o as in over, everyone seems to say the o like a u.

What's going on here?

Yeah but you're heathen.

How would you pronounce the word "Proved"?

[minestrone]

Proved is proved, but proven is pr 'oh, oh, oh, it's magic' ven.

[realityhack]

Proven | Define Proven at Dictionary.com

proof > prove > proving > proved > proven, all 'proov...'

[SupremeSpod]

Proven | Define Proven at Dictionary.com

proof > prove > proving > proved > proven, all 'proov...'

+1.

[mudskipper]

I would say the o as in over, everyone seems to say the o like a u.

What's going on here?

I'm with you minnie.

[minestrone]

Up in Scotland ( we invented the English language in case you were unaware ) there is a third alternative to the judical system called not proven and it is always said in the over way. Maybe it is a Scottish thing.

[mudskipper]

Ah tis a Scots/English thing.

Dictionary of English - proved <i>or</i> proven

[minestrone]

I'm with you minnie.

Yae.

I'm not mad.

[OwlHoot]

I'd say "proaven", but we're all correct :

proved or proven

The traditional English pronunciation of proven is [proo-v'n], and the Scottish pronunciation is [proe-v'n], but because English people have become familiar with the Scottish legal term 'not proven' they too sometimes pronounce the word [proe-v'n].