Proper way to pronounce Negril

I've always pronounced it Neg-grul, but when I watched Smiths Route Taxi Video he pronounced it Neg-grill. I am terrible about pronunciation and I want to say it correctly. Thanks!

-Jean

I pronounce it Neg-ril, N with a short "e" and the "i" short also. It's a VCCV pattern, so you divide between the two consonants.

If it followed phonics, that is LOL.

I have always pronounced it Nih-grill but for some reason when talking to Jamaicans I say Nay-grill - maybe my lame attempt at patios?

Up in my district it's knee-grill.

Early on tourists didn't like saying it because it sounded like negro

So I'm thinking accents have a part to play in pronunciation!

I say it like Sweetness sort of

Nuh-grill

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Originally Posted by tfw73

So I'm thinking accents have a part to place in pronunciation!

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yep yep

i've heard it pronounced several different ways,
depending on who, where, when

for example,
in the bus/car-park in Lucea,
as they guys roam around shouting to steer drivers to taxis/vans/buses, dem-SAY:::>>> "..Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay-grill.." ---- with a loong-'.A.'

Thanks everyone! Sounds like there is no right or wrong way to pronounce it! TFW, haha didn't understand a word of that, but grammar never was my strong subject!

Any way you say it, it's still awesome ! :-)