Is it pronounced "Caribbean" or "Caribbean"? Which do you prefer?

[arwalden]

When I'm speaking geographically, I usually say "Caribbean". But when I'm referring to the movie or the Disney ride, I say "Caribbean" instead. (As in "Pirates of the Caribbean".)

-- Allen

[Darranar]

1. Caribbean

[Liberal Veteran]

2. I just call it paradise....now pass the off!

:)

[roughsatori]

3. Hiroshima? or Hiroshima?

Chile? or Chile?

[blackcat77]

4. CaraBEEan, HiroSHEEma and CHILLee

Just like any good Hoosier would say them... :dunce:

[DoctorBombay]

5. Accent on the second syllable

ker-IB-y-un

[unblock]

6. you say potato, i say potato, dan quayle says potatoe...

[Against ME]

7. I prefer the latter,

but that's justme.

[ForrestGump]

8. Ca-RIB-be-an, the way it's s'posed to be pronounced, though

I still use 'Carib-BE-an' for some things, such as the Disneyland ride that's now a movie. Force of habit.

[HEyHEY]

9. I call it

CarribeAN

[DS1]

10. I'm either blind, confused, or both

I can't see any variation of how you wrote Caribbean, no accents/bold letters, so have no idea which one I should pick.

[nuxvomica]

11. "Car-ib-BEE-an" is correct

But I want to pronounce it "Ca-RIB-be-an", which was popularized by JFK. Maybe good Democrats should pronounce it the JFK way, just like good Freepers should say "nuke-u-ler".

[Il_Coniglietto]

12. That's how I do it

CaRIBbean for the area, CaribBEan for the ride or movie. "Pirates of the CaRIBbean" doesn't sound right.