✋ I’m not from the south and I pronounce it pee-can along with everyone I know
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raptir@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Also are we going to talk about the fact that I’ve never heard anyone outside of the south pronounce pecan as “pee-can?”
Uno@monyet.cc 2 years ago
groats_survivor@lemmy.world 2 years ago
As a northerner, I’ve never heard pee-can either. I think it’s a straw man for southerners
TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 2 years ago
we really need to get some linguists on Lemmy because i miss communities like r/fauxnetics
this is why they should just teach IPA in schools lol whats the point of these phonetic spellings when the point is that many dialects of english pronounce the same word differently
OP was probably talking about /'pi . cæn/ as in “can of beans” compared to /pi’can/ as in “con man”. they altered “pee” even though that part sounds the same! probably because a Pee Can is a funny image.
thenofootcanman@lemmy.world 2 years ago
How else are you supposed to pronounce it?
scottywh@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Puh - kahn
thenofootcanman@lemmy.world 2 years ago
That is madness
wolfpack86@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Pee-kin
Polar@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
What? Canada pronounces it “pee-can” instead of “peh-cawn”.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Yeah, we follow the pronunciation rules of English. What pronunciation rules does “peh-cawn” follow?
willeypete23@reddthat.com 2 years ago
it’s actually a U.k. accent originally.
aidan@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Where are those?
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 years ago
You know that warehouse at the end of Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Arc with all the crates? We’ve got one in an unspecified location with the best quality maple syrups, rare cheese curds to use in top end poutines, and the good golden curling stones.
raptir@lemm.ee 2 years ago
I’m not talking about that far North.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 years ago
Up against the wall!