Pedagogic, pedagogy

There are two areas where there are variant pronunciations of these two terms. The first is the ending of the words, for which see -ogic, -ogue, -ogy

The other is whether the sound of the first vowel is '-ee-', as in 'pea' or 'see', IPA: /iː/, or '-e-', as in 'pedal' or 'pet', IPA: /ɛ/; . AWE's preference is for the second, the '-e-', but many distinguished educators use the other vowel; so there is no one 'correct' pronunciation. AWE believes the '-ee-' pronunciation may have originally been the majority choice among US speakers, the '-e-' alternative among the British; but this is not supported by LPD.

As for the pronuciation of the '-ogue', '-ogic element, OED (2005) firmly records the British pronunciation as 'PED-er-godge-y, IPA: /ˈpɛd ə gɒdʒ ɪ/, the American as 'PED-er-gogg-y, IPA: /ˈpɛd ə gɒg ɪ/, but pedagogic and pedagogical, etc, are recorded as with the '-odge-' (/ɒdʒ/) pronunciation on both sides of the Atlantic.

(The words derive from the Greek παῖς, genitive παιδός, (pais, paidos) 'a child'. As the Greek vowel is long, there are academics who argue that the vowel in English should also be long, - '-ee-'. On the other hand, 'pedant' is not usually pronounced with a long vowel, though it comes from the same original Greek word. What seems to be true is that there is a tendency in British usage to write words that have the '-ee-' long sound with the more 'Greek' spelling ae , in such words as paedophile (one who is sexually attracted to the immature), paediatrician (a medical doctor, specialising in the treatment of childhood illnesses, etc) and their derivatives like paedophilia, paediatrics etc. This spelling distinction is not maintained in US usage, and may not be consistently used in Britain.)