<p>Say it however you want (don't insist that all your friends say it the 'right' way).  If you care, the author of the game pronounces it ah-GREE-ko-la. </p>

<p>10:20 into the interview: 
<a href="http://www.cliquenabend.de/videos/450000-Hernevideospezial-Uwe-Rosenberg.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cliquenabend.de/videos/450000-Hernevideospezial-Uwe-Rosenberg.html</a></p>

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Ryan Horrisberger
<p>Among my group, we pronounce it "ah-greek-OH-la". Based on the fact that the designer is German, my so-so knowledge of German, and lack of facts that prove me wrong, I 'd say this is the "correct" pronounciation.</p>

<p>Disclaimer: I 'm Greek. We pronounce things quite differently than Americans.</p>

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Jon
<p>I learned ah-GREE-ko-lah in school, and Wiktionary seems to bear me out: according to <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/agricola" rel="nofollow">this page</a>, the (classical) pronunciation in IPA was /aˈɡri.ko.la/, and according to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet#Suprasegmentals" rel="nofollow">this table on wikipedia</a> the quote precedes the stressed syllable.</p>

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My high school Latin taught me a-GREE-ko-lah as well.  The second syllable definitely gets the stress, though as BlueRaja points out it may be "grih" instead of "gree".
lilserf
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Erik P.
<p>I pronounce it the way they do in Dead Poets Society (AG-ri-co-la).</p>

<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxFPc3Q_Lh4&amp;t=1m4s" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxFPc3Q_Lh4&amp;t=1m4s</a></p>

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Cameron MacFarland
<p>Erik P's <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/agricola">reference to Wiktionary</a> is correct, but he is interpreting the IPA pronunciation <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3aIPA#I">incorrectly</a>.<br>
<code>/aˈɡri.ko.la/</code>  is <em>ah-GRIH-koh-lah</em>.  You can hear it pronounced by Merriam-Webster <a href="http://goo.gl/5Ug8W">here</a>.</p>

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I wasn't looking for this question, but I'm so glad I found this answer! Now to go tell my gamer friends that I was right and they should stop saying a-gri-COH-la.
Johno
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Actually, Eric is right about the IPA and you are wrong. The symbol /i/ is EE, not IH, as the very Wikipedia link you gave points out.
JSBձոգչ
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@BlueRaja-DannyPflughoeft, right, and those are the vowel in "greed", not the vowel in "grid".
JSBձոգչ
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+1 Thanks. I'm Dutch, so translating the latin pronunciation in my head into a fake English one is not my strong point :)
Erik P.
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My browser crashed on that link so I looked for alternatives. I found this one for latin: http://de.forvo.com/word/agricola/ And this one for spanish: http://www.forvo.com/word/agr%C3%ADcola/
Kempeth
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I studied Latin at Oxford, so I'd hope I'm at least a moderate authority on such matters, and this answer looks correct to me!
thesunneversets
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@Kempeth: Try [this link](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agricola) and click on the little speaker symbol next to the word.
BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
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Thanks but it still crashes. The other links are enough for me...
Kempeth
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BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
<p>I played my first game of Agricola yesterday.  Naturally, I'm left with a bunch of questions, but chief among them is: <strong>How do you pronounce the name of this game?</strong>  Our group was split pretty evenly between "AG-ri-co-la" and "a-GREEK-o-la".  Which side (or maybe neither!) is correct?</p>

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Pronounce it however you pronounce agriculture.
Joe Flynn
<agricola>
How do you pronounce Agricola?
Kristo
# How do you pronounce Agricola?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2010-12-19)

I played my first game of Agricola yesterday. Naturally, I'm left with a bunch of questions, but chief among them is: **How do you pronounce the name of this game?** Our group was split pretty evenly between "AG-ri-co-la" and "a-GREEK-o-la". Which side (or maybe neither!) is correct?

**Tags:** agricola

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Pronounce it however you pronounce agriculture.  

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## 5 answers

### Answer by username_7 on 2010-12-19. Score: 22 | Accepted answer

username_4's [reference to Wiktionary](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/agricola) is correct, but he is interpreting the IPA pronunciation [incorrectly](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3aIPA#I).  
`/aˈɡri.ko.la/` is *ah-GRIH-koh-lah*. You can hear it pronounced by Merriam-Webster [here](http://goo.gl/5Ug8W).

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: +1 Thanks. I'm Dutch, so translating the latin pronunciation in my head into a fake English one is not my strong point :)  
> **username_10**: My browser crashed on that link so I looked for alternatives. I found this one for latin: http://de.forvo.com/word/agricola/ And this one for spanish: http://www.forvo.com/word/agr%C3%ADcola/  
> **username_11**: I studied Latin at Oxford, so I'd hope I'm at least a moderate authority on such matters, and this answer looks correct to me!  
> **username_7**: @username_10: Try [this link](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agricola) and click on the little speaker symbol next to the word.  
> **username_10**: Thanks but it still crashes. The other links are enough for me...  
> **username_8**: I wasn't looking for this question, but I'm so glad I found this answer! Now to go tell my gamer friends that I was right and they should stop saying a-gri-COH-la.  
> **username_9**: Actually, Eric is right about the IPA and you are wrong. The symbol /i/ is EE, not IH, as the very Wikipedia link you gave points out.  
> **username_9**: @username_7, right, and those are the vowel in "greed", not the vowel in "grid".  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-01-03. Score: 2

Say it however you want (don't insist that all your friends say it the 'right' way). If you care, the author of the game pronounces it ah-GREE-ko-la.

10:20 into the interview:
<http://www.cliquenabend.de/videos/450000-Hernevideospezial-Uwe-Rosenberg.html>


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### Answer by username_3 on 2010-12-19. Score: 2

Among my group, we pronounce it "ah-greek-OH-la". Based on the fact that the designer is German, my so-so knowledge of German, and lack of facts that prove me wrong, I 'd say this is the "correct" pronounciation.

Disclaimer: I 'm Greek. We pronounce things quite differently than Americans.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2010-12-19. Score: 2

I learned ah-GREE-ko-lah in school, and Wiktionary seems to bear me out: according to [this page](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/agricola), the (classical) pronunciation in IPA was /aˈɡri.ko.la/, and according to [this table on wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet#Suprasegmentals) the quote precedes the stressed syllable.

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: My high school Latin taught me a-GREE-ko-lah as well.  The second syllable definitely gets the stress, though as username_7 points out it may be "grih" instead of "gree".  

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### Answer by username_6 on 2011-05-31. Score: 2

I pronounce it the way they do in Dead Poets Society (AG-ri-co-la).

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxFPc3Q_Lh4&t=1m4s>


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