Posted by Bob Hollis on February 26, 2002 at 20:29:53 from 206.162.192.40:
In Reply to: Ensign or Ensine ? posted by RichardG on February 26, 2002 at 18:55:11:
My Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, published in 1956, gives the pronunciation as EN-sun for the flag or banner, and EN-sin for the officer. Of course, that's the Colonial pronunciation, and may not be acceptable in the Mother Country. 8^)