How do you pronounce Aunt?
Like the word want
Like the word ant
Like the word caught
How do you pronounce caramel?
Two syllables ("car-ml")
Three syllables ("car-a-mel")
Either
How do you pronounce creek?
Rhymes with meek
Rhymes with kick
Either
How do you pronounce route?
Rhymes with clout
Rhymes with toot
Either
How do you pronounce the second syllable in pajamas?
Rhymes with jam
Rhymes with father
Either
For me it's
ant
2 syllables
Meek
Clout
jam
How about you?
2007-12-06 06:30:42 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
1. ant
2. 2 syllables
3. meek
4. clout
5. jam
2007-12-06 07:02:05 · answer #1 · answered by California Gal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All but "route", which I say as "root". And pajamas are and
have always been, "pj's". I don't know anyone who uses the
full word, as you did.
I never heard that these words were a north/south difference.
Just more of an individual habit of pronouncing. I know my
hubby has a problem with the word, "Mirror". Everyone I know
and hear on tv, says it like "Meer". But it is two syllables. And
he likes to tease me and corrects me, when I say it like that.
And I always do. LOL. I figure that there's alot of us out there,
who must have had the same teacher LOL.
2007-12-06 17:32:32 · answer #2 · answered by Lynn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like the word ant
Three syllables ("car-a-mel")
Rhymes with meek
Rhymes with toot
Rhymes with father
How in the world did you think this one up?
2007-12-06 06:41:42 · answer #3 · answered by Lady G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. aunt - like want
2.caramel - 3 syllables.
3. creek - meek
4.route - clout
5.2nd syllable in pajamas - rhymes with father
2007-12-06 06:36:30 · answer #4 · answered by sage seeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aunt - like caught; Car a mel; Meek; Toot; Father!
2007-12-06 14:20:19 · answer #5 · answered by CJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a bit mixed...born in northern Mich, 'grew up' in Delaware and have lived in s.e. Va since 1976.
Aunt = ant
Caramel = Karmul (like in Mt. Carmel, Israel...been there)
Creek depends...KRICK or CREEK either way
Route = gout
Pajamas = JAM (as in pb & j)
2007-12-06 13:51:45 · answer #6 · answered by AmericanPatriot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aunt – ant
Ca-ra-mel, not car-a-mel
Creek – meek
Route – toot
Pajamas – father
Vermont -- gosh, Sandy O, we speak different languages!
Now, for you -- do you pronounce merry, Mary, and marry three different ways or all the same? Me? Three different ways.
2007-12-06 11:45:30 · answer #7 · answered by Snow Globe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1)ant 2)two syllables 3)crick 4)root 5)we say pjs
2007-12-06 10:07:02 · answer #8 · answered by Aloha_Ann 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dixie all the way.Ant,two syllables,clout and jam.Born is South east Texas and raised in Louisiana.I love me some Gumbo and grits.....
2007-12-06 07:45:08 · answer #9 · answered by Maw-Maw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dixie
like the word "ant"
three syllables
rhymes with "meek"
rhymes with "clout"
rhymes with "jam"
2007-12-06 06:36:43 · answer #10 · answered by Persephone 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From Louisiana: I pronounce them all differently depending on who I'm talking to. Locals vs my Illinois rellies.
Where yat?
2007-12-06 09:30:59 · answer #11 · answered by 2jaxx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋