as m.l.post said, when I was a wee tyke, I of course pronounced it as submarine-r because I knew the word submarine, so that was the obvious pronunciation. Then, as i got a little older and began reading books dealing with the sea, as well as becoming aware of “The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner,” I began to realize what the actual pronunciation should be.

then, I began to notice that in some of the stories, there’d be background characters who’d say something like “That’s the Sub-Mareeen-er,” and the implication was that it was a sign of their ignorance, that that pronunciation was supposed to be humorous. That sealed the deal as far as I was concerned, and I taught myself to pronounce it out loud as “Sub-mar-in-er,” even though my brain still tends to pronounce it like the submarine when i skim across the name.

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This is a spirited debate, and I would once more like to join the fray. As Mr. Kosmicki has said, I too know it’s pronounced Sub Mare-in-er but I can’t help thinking in my head Sub-Mareener. I have never been corrected for my pronunciation because it has never come up in polite conversation. And take my advice, don’t bring it up on a first date! Anyway, Namor will always be the Sub-Mareener to me ever since Super-Villian Team-Up #7 .That was my first introduction to Namor and some other guy named Dr. Doom. whatever happened to him?

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Pronounced it Submareener when I was a kid, until it was an answer on the game show “Joker’s Wild” and the host pronounced it Sub-Mare-iner and I thought, “Oh, I’ve been pronouncing it wrong all this time”. Then of course the Seattle Mariners came into Major League Baseball and it all made sense.

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