How do you pronounce "pecan"?

Contributor: Allstars316 Allstars316
I have only heard and say PEH-cahn
12/22/2011
Contributor: El-Jaro El-Jaro


yeah...something like that
12/22/2011
Contributor: Vanille Vanille
I'm in the pee-can, too. LOL
12/22/2011
Contributor: IndependentlyHappy IndependentlyHappy
I guess I'm weird. I pronounce it pee-CAN.
12/27/2011
Contributor: IllBeYourLover IllBeYourLover
Pe-can
12/27/2011
Contributor: TheSlyFox TheSlyFox
Quote:
Originally posted by Ryuson
Pi-cahn here!
Same.
12/27/2011
Contributor: Megan Jean Megan Jean
Pee can! haha
12/27/2011
Contributor: Shellz31 Shellz31
In Australia, it is pe-can. It's interesting to hear the way different countries say things.
One of my pet hates is the way you guys say herbs. We pronounce it with the 'h', rather than erbs.
12/27/2011
Contributor: sexydelphia sexydelphia
i think i say it both ways
12/27/2011
Contributor: Owl Identified Owl Identified
In New England it's PEE-can. It seems to vary regionally throughout the United States. Paula Deen is from Georgia and she says PEE-can, but other Southerners say it puh-KAHN. I don't know...confusing!
12/27/2011
Contributor: vanilla&chocolate vanilla&chocolate
Pe-con all the way!
01/10/2012
Contributor: kz916 kz916
Pe cahn
01/10/2012
Contributor: GONE! GONE!
Pee-KAHN.
01/10/2012
Contributor: Anjulie Anjulie
Quote:
Originally posted by Ryuson
Pi-cahn here!
Same here
01/10/2012
Contributor: KyotoAngel KyotoAngel
...you mean it isn't supposed to be pe-can? 0_o
I remember my mom pronouncing 'Pecan Sandies' that way so that's how I learned it.
Pretty much the only time I use 'pe-cahn' is if we're talking about pecan pie. xD
01/10/2012
Contributor: kawigrl kawigrl
both
01/10/2012
Contributor: ThoughtsAblaze ThoughtsAblaze
I grew up in South Carolina and everyone I knew said "pee-can" except for my grandma, who was from New York. As I've gotten older and taken a few linguistics courses, my pronunciations have change. I ALWAYS say "pee-CAN pie," but I will say "butter pih-KAHN ice cream" or that I'm eating "pih-KAHNs." It's now become an unconscious matter of context.
01/11/2012
Contributor: geliebt geliebt
Pe-CAHN! Sometimes I say it the other way though.
01/11/2012
Contributor: Apirka Apirka
I actually say both, just like I say "either" as EE-ther and EYE-ther... it just depends on how it comes out at the time.
01/13/2012
Contributor: Harpina is gone Harpina is gone
I say PEE-con.
02/28/2012
Contributor: Hekate101 Hekate101
Quote:
Originally posted by mudpie
I had an argument with a friend about this today. I have always pronounced it "PE-can" rather than "pe-CAHN", but he argued that a "pee can" is something you take on long truck drives. Ew! How do you all pronounce it?
I go pe-CAHN pickin' every year, and ya'll who pronounce it differently are just weird.
04/26/2012
Contributor: Undead Undead
pe-chan
04/26/2012
Contributor: RomanticGoth RomanticGoth
Quote:
Originally posted by El-Jaro


yeah...something like that
Hahaha!

I'm new to the South but still pronounce it peh-cahn. I hear it pi-cin, pi-can, and pi-cahn.
04/26/2012
Contributor: Hot'n'Bothered Hot'n'Bothered
Pee-cahn.

DH pronounces it the other way, drives me nuts....LOL
04/26/2012
Contributor: Mihoshi4301 Mihoshi4301
I say pe-CAHN but I've heard it both ways.
04/26/2012
Contributor: unfulfilled unfulfilled
I'm really weird
pa-con
04/26/2012
Contributor: DustBunny DustBunny
It varies, sometimes I say PE-can or pa-CON, but I've also been told I say caramel wrong.
04/26/2012
Contributor: pootpootpoot pootpootpoot
I switch around, same as with cahr-amel and care-amel.
04/26/2012
Contributor: Kdlips Kdlips
both
04/26/2012
Contributor: VelvetDragon VelvetDragon
Pee-cahn~
04/27/2012