was on metro north, heard the crew pronouncing it as ['grɛnɪtʃ]
Two things to note: (a) deletion of a semi-vowel; (b) lowering the vowel from /i/ to /ɛ/
(a) is expected; but (b) is not.
/ˈgrɪnɪʤ/ is for Greenwich Mean time.
"Something else to remember, most Americans don't really make much of a distinction between /ɪ/ or /ɛ/, it comes out as [ɨ] a lot. Teaching Americans the difference between the two is hard, because many can't understand the difference"
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