Coupon
do you pronounce it like:
(Q-pon) or (Coo-pon)
2006-12-21 17:03:56 · 24 answers · asked by beatbox 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Both pronunciations are correct. —Coupon is related to cope and coup. Both are of French origin. It has developed an American pronunciation variant /ˈkyupɒn/ with an unhistorical y-sound not justified by the spelling. This pronunciation is used by educated speakers and is well-established as perfectly standard, although it is sometimes criticized. Its development may have been encouraged by analogy with words like curious, cupid, and cute, where c is followed by a “long u” and the /y/ is mandatory.
2006-12-21 17:09:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coo-pon
2006-12-22 01:06:29 · answer #2 · answered by braennvin2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coo-pon
2006-12-22 01:05:25 · answer #3 · answered by laura 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coo-pon
2006-12-22 01:05:18 · answer #4 · answered by Joy M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally I say Coo-pon
2006-12-22 01:05:36 · answer #5 · answered by Valerie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Q-pon. I know it's shallow but I have a pet peeve for those who say coo-pon. It's like nails on a chalkboard to me.
2006-12-22 01:05:37 · answer #6 · answered by IMHO 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both koo-pon and kyoo-pon are acceptable. it just depends upon how much of a pretentious !@# you want to sound like.
[kyoo-pon] with an unhistorical y-sound not justified by the spelling. This pronunciation is used by educated speakers and is well-established as perfectly standard, although it is sometimes criticized. Its development may have been encouraged by analogy with words like curious, cupid, and cute, where c is followed by a “long u” and the /y/[y] is mandatory.
2006-12-22 01:09:02 · answer #7 · answered by jaden404 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Q-pon
2006-12-22 01:06:03 · answer #8 · answered by Faith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
coo pon im from chicago
2006-12-22 01:12:16 · answer #9 · answered by Nora 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say to-may-to, you say to-mah-to.
Same difference. Gramatically I think it would be "coo-pon," but "q-pon" is accepted.
2006-12-22 01:12:26 · answer #10 · answered by ~*Bubbles*~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋