✋ I’m not from the south and I pronounce it pee-can along with everyone I know
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raptir@lemm.ee 11 months 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 11 months ago
groats_survivor@lemmy.world 11 months ago
As a northerner, I’ve never heard pee-can either. I think it’s a straw man for southerners
TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 11 months 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 11 months ago
How else are you supposed to pronounce it?
scottywh@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Puh - kahn
thenofootcanman@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That is madness
wolfpack86@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Pee-kin
Polar@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
What? Canada pronounces it “pee-can” instead of “peh-cawn”.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah, we follow the pronunciation rules of English. What pronunciation rules does “peh-cawn” follow?
willeypete23@reddthat.com 11 months ago
it’s actually a U.k. accent originally.
aidan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Where are those?
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 11 months 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 11 months ago
I’m not talking about that far North.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
Up against the wall!