How do you read "i.e." and "e.g." out loud?
While reading a text out loud, or speaking about something, you may come across these abbreviations: "e.g. = for example" and "i.e. = I mean/it is (rephrasing, or narrowing down the topic)"

So how do native speakers pronounce them? Do they pronounce them like ee-gee and eye-ee or they say "for example" and "it is"? Or they pronounce them in another way?

Question

How do you read "i.e." and "e.g." out loud?
While reading a text out loud, or speaking about something, you may come across these abbreviations: "e.g. = for example" and "i.e. = I mean/it is (rephrasing, or narrowing down the topic)"

So how do native speakers pronounce them? Do they pronounce them like ee-gee and eye-ee or they say "for example" and "it is"? Or they pronounce them in another way?

Answer

I don't use "e.g." much in conversation (it's just as easy to say "for example"), but yes, we would tend to pronounce the acronym "ee-gee" and "eye-ee". For "i.e.", I would tend to say "in other words..." instead of "it is".

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If I'm reading out loud, I'll likely say either "eye -ee" and "ee-gee" or "id est" and "exempli gratia."
If I'm speaking, I'll just say "for example" or "that is."  Those are written things - almost never spoken.

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