Does anyone still say e-NEE-ma?

I’ve always said ENN-e-ma and believe this is the usual pronunciation. But looking through a very old dictionary (late 19th century) the other day I noticed it gave the pronunciation e-NEE-ma, with the accent on the second syllable and a long ee sound. Has anybody heard this — perhaps from an older generation — or say it that way themselves?

My Nurse friend who is from Germany, for some reason says it that way. I first heard it and thought that was really strange. Thought she was toying with me, well she sort of was rofl.......I used to say Aceta Bulim for Acetabulem the hip joint when I worked in xray. Our radiologist said he hasnt heard that way of saying in ages. Acetabulem would sound like ass a tab u lim aceta sounds like acetic acid aceta bu u lim

When I first came across the term, I pronounced it that way (having never actually heard the word aloud) but I haven't lately.

Thanks WarmWater and lily1023 for your responses. Both of these reported pronunciations would be due to making a guess at an unfamiliar word based on the spelling, which can result in unusual pronunciations.

I’ve found e-NEE-ma in two British dictionaries now, one undated but probably from the 1890s and the other first published 1919. An American dictionary (Funk and Wagnall) from 1906 gives ENN-e-ma. So e-NEE-ma may have been specifically a British pronunciation. In any case, it seems to be completely obsolete now.

I grew up in Texas with the appropriate drawl. Since it clearly went "in". I assumed that it was pronounced INema. I was surprised at the actual spelling in the Sears Catalog. I listen carefully when someone mentions the enema to see if I can hear "ehnema" with a short "e". Either way it's an inflammatory word that always increases the angle of the dangle.

I’ve heard of this — that in some parts of the American south ‘en’ and ‘in’ are pronounced the same, so pen and pin sound the same, or sense and since. So it makes ‘sinse’ that enema would sound like ‘inema’ 😉

I don't care how you say it just stick it in my ass…..😁😁😁I'm ready for it😮😮..

I think I have always put the emphasis on the last syllable: en a MA! I think I said it this way because the word seemed naughty and I began to say the word softly and slow… I was going to get an eeeennnn a MA! The “MA” was said with a bit of a petulant whine. The “MA” was an exclanation

@Patty10 I have always heard it and pronounced it EN-e-ma with the first syllable on the two first letters. I have heard a lot of different pronouncements on enema porn videos.