Okay...that's it. I need a definitive answer here.

[reyd reid reed]

What's the correct pronunciation of 'pecan'?

:crazy:

[skygazer]

1. "Nutt"

:P

[reyd reid reed]

16. I knew I could count on

you for a definitive answer.

:P

[Hugin]

2. 'Ur-en-al'...

Say it really slow. ;)

[reyd reid reed]

14. ...

:rofl:

;)

[fudge stripe cookays]

3. You need some accent marks in there...

to really differentiate the sounds more. I picked two because I THINK that's my pronunciation.

[reyd reid reed]

18. Yeah...

but first I'd have to figure out how to make the little accent marks. I know how to do them in Word, but...

:shrug:

[fudge stripe cookays]

29. No, I mean...

just put an apostrophe where the accent is. You can do it on your keyboard. Like a dictionary does it.

Like Pe-kahn'

Or PEE'-kan

Like that. See?

:-)

[supernova]

4. Pee can is the empty snack can you use

when you're stuck in traffic. :P

[reyd reid reed]

15. Heh...

personally, I just bounce around a lot. And cuss.

x(

[Inchworm]

39. yup!

:yourock:

[wildhorses]

5. may i have a slice of pie, please?

you may pronounce anyway you wish as long as i get a piece of it:P

[reyd reid reed]

19. That's what I was talking about this morning

when I got all conflustered about the pronounciation. I want some.

[triguy46]

44. My wife has won awards with her pecan pie, it is second to none.

I cannot eat anyone elses. It is so frickin good you can't believe it.

[In_The_Wind]

6. It depends if you're from rural south or iffin you're a city folk.

If y'all are from high society y'all call 'em ~ P'kahns.
Out on the farm ... it's more like Pee-kahn.

[jobycom]

8. Hmm. Odd. I'm a deep south rural redneck, and I've always said p'kahn.

Maybe it's 'cause my parents were raised in New Orleans? Seems like most people I knew said it the way I did. :shrug:

[reyd reid reed]

21. I think that might be part of my problem.

I'm an army brat...so I've lived in Maryland and Alabama and Washington state and California and Texas and...

everyone says it differently. I don't even know if I say 'soda' or 'pop' (I usually cheat and defer to the specific name of the beverage. "Would you please bring me a Dr. Pepper?").

I hate when I get stuck on something STUPID like this and can't let it go.

:crazy:

[jobycom]

30. That's another aspect.

Gulfport, where I grew up, is sandwiched between a large Air Force base, a SeaBee base, a national guard camp, and several government research facilities, and was a minor tourist area for New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Jackson. So there was a mix of cultures and accents. Where I grew up was just north of the cosmopolitan area and just south of the extreme rural rest of Mississippi, so I got both, and could move easily between the groups. Plus, my mother was from New Orleans, and her father still had a slight German accent. Then I married an Air Force brat. So maybe I'm not typical.

[In_The_Wind]

23. I was raised in Chattanooga and in Atlanta.

We all laughed once when my little cousin from Tennessee couldn't understand me so it does depend on tour heritage.

[buddhamama]

7. i pronounce it pee-kahn

that doesn't make me correct, though. :shrug: :)

[reyd reid reed]

20. That's just it...

I don't know HOW I pronounce it. It just kinda spills out and I don't think about it.

This morning, I made the mistake of thinking about it. And the more I thought about it...you know the rest.

x(

[Guava Jelly]

9. Pee -kahn

KAHN!!!!!!!!!

[reyd reid reed]

22. LOL

:thumbsup:

How're you doin'?

:hi:

[Guava Jelly]

25. I am doing wonderful TripleR

I hope the stunnigly beautiful you are as well :loveya: :hi:
and now back to work for me :mad: grrrrr!!!!!

[krispos42]

41. You'll like this then...

http://www.khaaan.com/

[kay1864]

10. More important...HOW YA DOIN??

And WHERE YA BEEN?

Haint seen your face in these parts in a coon's age!

Glad you're back!

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

[reyd reid reed]

13. I've been

- baseball practices

- baseball games

- work

- cleaning and then

- entertaining out-of-town guests for

- my neice's shower

- neice's bachelorette party

- neice's wedding rehearsal

- neice's wedding

- car dealerships

- in the driveway, beating the steering column of the new (to me) car, and

- wondering if the local nut-house accepts reservations for those nifty little rooms with the padding on the walls and if straight-jackets are 'one size fits all'

:crazy:

[kay1864]

17. Yeah, okay, but...

what were you doing the rest of the week?












:hide:

[kay1864]

11. And oh yes..

Merriam-Webster says any of these three:

piKAHN
piCAN
PEEcan

[reyd reid reed]

26. Well, hell...

that sucks.

x(

[kay1864]

27. Oh okay go with piKAHN then

To my ear, it sounds a tad more sophisticated.





Of course, if it's you at my ear, anything sounds good...


:P

[reyd reid reed]

28. Awwwww....

:blush:

[tmlanders]

12. In my part of the world (Mass.) it is definitely pronounced "pee-can" nt

[reyd reid reed]

24. Definitely?

So that would be the correct pronunciation? What if you're in northern or southern or western Massachusetts?

God, it's all so confusing.

:cry:

[tmlanders]

42. In all parts of Massachusetts that I have been to and discussed pecans...

yup, it has been pee-can. Cape Cod, the Berkshires, Central Mass. where I grew up, even the South Shore. Every discussion of pecans was about pee-cans! :hi:

[montanto]

31. wint-o-green

[reyd reid reed]

32. Complete with a spark?

I like the way you think.

:hi:

[Dr_Funkenstein]

33. I Pronounce it BLAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRG

Or..."BLECH, get that nasty thing out of here."

[reyd reid reed]

34. What a coincidence..

that's pretty much how Buzzard-butt (aka #3 son) pronounces it, too.

:P

:hi:

[billyskank]

35. Pee-can, as in

I can pee in a can

[supernova]

36. See that's what I thought

It's p'kahn pie around here.

[reyd reid reed]

37. You're lucky...

For some reason, I have difficulty with that one.

:P

:hi::hug::hi:

[billyskank]

38. You have the power but not the steering.

:P

:hug: :hi:

[reyd reid reed]

40. Aim is important...

it helps to be able to see what you're doing. And where you're going.

[triguy46]

43. If I hear Rachel Ray say "Pea Can" one more time...well, I just don't know what I will do.

[Dangerously Amused]

45. Whatever Oedi says or votes, make it two.

:hi:

[Road Scholar]

46. Pee kahn! nt

[Deja Q]

47. Pee-Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!