'ape-ricot' or 'ahpricot'?
2006-10-03 05:12:39 · 1 answers · asked by rrbowker2002 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Ape-ricot
2006-10-03 05:16:47 · answer #1 · answered by Hondaboy 2 · 4⤊ 4⤋
both ways. i know i am odd in the way i do it. If i am saying "I want an apricot", it usually comes out as ahpricot. If I am saying "I want to get some apricots", it is usually ape-ricot
2006-10-03 05:21:33 · answer #2 · answered by tg 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you go to the following website they will actually pronounce it outloud for you!
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=apricot
apricot
One entry found for apricot.
Main Entry: apri·cot
Pronunciation: 'a-pr&-"kät, 'A-
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: alteration of earlier abrecock, ultimately from Arabic al-birquq the apricot, ultimately from Latin (persicum) praecox, literally, early ripening (peach) -- more at PRECOCIOUS
1 a : the oval orange-colored fruit of a temperate-zone tree (Prunus armeniaca) resembling the related peach and plum in flavor b : a tree that bears apricots
2 : a variable color averaging a moderate orange
2006-10-03 05:22:24 · answer #3 · answered by The cuter 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Ap-ri-cot
2006-10-03 05:27:50 · answer #4 · answered by Blue Eyes 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
It rather depends on which side of the Atlantic you are from. Here in the 'home' of the English language it is the former of your examples.
2006-10-03 05:17:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ey-pricot
2006-10-03 05:20:06 · answer #6 · answered by NARC 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Neither (nee-ther). LOL
I pronounce it AP-ricot. Without the "h".
2006-10-03 05:21:00 · answer #7 · answered by Rackjack 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋
ahp-ricot. I'm from Detroit, Michigan.
2006-10-03 05:20:10 · answer #8 · answered by jojo 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Ape - ricot is correct
2006-10-03 05:21:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
ape-ricot
2006-10-03 09:46:22 · answer #10 · answered by brevejunkie 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋