A serious poll ---> PEE-can or p' CAHN

[lizaanne]

Well, not really sure how serious it is, but....

Do you say it (pecan):

PEE-can

or

p' CAHN



~Liza

[IneedGod]

p'cahn

Please pass the p'cahn pie lol

[PatriceA]

Pee'cahn.

[Armor of Light]

Kahnnn!!!!!!

[Dale_M]

Here is a US map showing the distribution of how the word "pecan" is pronounced.

pecan

a. [pi:kn] with stress on the first syllable ("PEE-can") (17.03%)

b. [pi:kn] with stress on the second syllable ("pee-CAN") (9.02%)

c. [pi:kn] with stress on the first syllable ("PEE-Kahn") (13.19%)

d. [pi:kn] with stress on the second syllable ("pee-KAHN") (28.60%)

e. [pkn] ("pick Ann") (1.48%)

f. [pkn] ("pick Ahn") (20.92%) = f. [pkn] ("pick Ahn") (20.92%)

g. I pronounce it differently when it's alone than when it's in a compound like "pecan pie" (please state how you pronounce the two variants in the comments box) (6.24%)

h. other (3.51%)

(11213 respondents)

http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/...maps/q_21.html

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[Crusader Moose]

it's quite obviously PEE Cahn, lol... I'll vote in it when I get enough posts!

[mamaslo]

Originally Posted by lizaanne

Well, not really sure how serious it is, but....

Do you say it (pecan):

PEE-can

or

p' CAHN



~Liza

My dad also pronounced it peekin
I guess that means I grew up multilingual.

[LoyalViews]

It's a bit of both. Whatever my accent lets me. I don't usually pay attention, so when I find myself saying it I'll come and tell you

[willofgods]

Originally Posted by mamaslo

My dad also pronounced it peekin
I guess that means I grew up multilingual.

That's how I pronounce it if I'm not careful multilingual upbringing too!

Now I'm craving some "peekin" spinwheels

[edward_george]

A pee-can is something you take fishing with you.

-ACEGC

[SonCatcher]

I sometimes pronounce it "corrugated nut."

I must confess that "walnut" sounds exactly the same.

[lizaanne]

Originally Posted by Dale_M

Here is a US map showing the distribution of how the word "pecan" is pronounced......

This is fun!!! Thank you for adding!!

Too funny - glad I added the third option!! It was a very last second add, because I don't really say it one way or the other myself.

I say some variant of PEE-can --- 5 years in North Carolina did that to my Midwestern accent I guess.

~Liza

[LoyalViews]

Okay, I caught myself.

It's pee-caan, when alone. When adding it to something, it's more p'can, not cahn.

[SMHW]

I don't know that I am very consistent.

Well, the second syllable is always CAHN. But I sometimes accent the first syllable, I sometimes put equal accent on both syllables, and I sometimes say, P'CAHN.

So, PEE cahn, PEE CAHN, or p'CAHN,