trackfan
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Fri Apr-02-10 10:41 AM
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Does anybody besides my wife pronounce "crayons" to sound like "cranz"? |
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She also says "emBRORdery", and says that was picked up from her grandmother, who was from Baltimore and D.C.
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noamnety
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Fri Apr-02-10 10:49 AM
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1. I say cran. It's regional. |
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See the second option for pronunciation in websters: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crayon
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Skittles
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Fri Apr-02-10 11:13 AM
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2. you want I should kick her mis-pronouncing ass, trackfan? |
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that just sounds EGREGIOUS
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Fri Apr-02-10 11:25 AM
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Is she gettin' on your nerves? CRANZ, CRANZ, CRANZ, CRANZ, CRANZ. . .
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Fri Apr-02-10 11:28 AM
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4. hubby says vantastic instead of fantastic. he often changes his f for v. odd. so precise |
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to the point of snobby on grammer, speech ect...
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Fri Apr-02-10 11:29 AM
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5. I recently hard a recording of my voice, and discovered that i pronounce |
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"National Grid" (our utility) as "National greed" - a totally unintentional pun!
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Fri Apr-02-10 01:42 PM
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6. Yeah I guess I do..didn't realize it though |
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cranz ...one syllable...cra-yons...two syllables. One syllable is easier :) I'm from Northern IL and I think that's how everyone says it in my neck of the woods
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Fri Apr-02-10 02:30 PM
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As a small child, that was my pet peeve.
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Fri Apr-02-10 03:13 PM
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10. Took me years after moving here to figure out that people who |
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were saying that meant crayons.
:wtf:
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Fri Apr-02-10 03:09 PM
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9. craaay yawns is the way I say it, but I usually call them colors, get your colors and book |
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Edited on Fri Apr-02-10 03:11 PM by carlyhippy
but I got a southern Texas accent...I say caddle instead of cattle, badderies instead of batteries, my tt's are pronounced d's...well, maybe not attention, it's aaa tenshun.
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Fri Apr-02-10 03:16 PM
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11. In Detroit that's how we say it |
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