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Word pronunciation:

radcen said:
Word pronunciation:

1.)Depot: Dee-poh, or deh-poh?

2..)Coupon: Kew-pon, or Koo-pon?

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guess we are just talking slang

1.) never heard the second one
2.) ive heard both

some of my OLD family say worsche (like Porsche) instead of wash wah shh
 
radcen said:
Word pronunciation:

Depot: Dee-poh, or deh-poh?

Coupon: Kew-pon, or Koo-pon?

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Ont or Aunt?
Realtor or Relator?
Safe Deposit Box or Safety Deposit Box?
 
AGENT J said:
guess we are just talking slang

1.) never heard the second one
2.) ive heard both

some of my OLD family say worsche (like Porsche) instead of wash wah shh
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for number 1 the second pronunciation i have heard before, seems to be more of a British thing though.
 
MaggieD said:
Ont or Aunt?
Realtor or Relator?
Safe Deposit Box or Safety Deposit Box?
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I use "aunt" pronounced like "ant." I also say "realtor" and "safety deposit box."

What about for theater: "Thee-Ae-Ter or "Thee-tor"
Syrup: "Sur-Up or "Seer-up"
 
Well, I'm Southern, so all words have a minimum of three syllables, and at least one vowel will be pronounced "long" and drug out for at least 2.5 seconds.... except for a few words and phrases that are chopped VERY short.

Examples of the latter: "Jeet?" "Bout"

Dee-poh
Koo-pahns
Aunt = aint :)
reeeeltor
Syrup = serp

"Jeet yet?" "Nah, pass the serp."
 
radcen said:
Word pronunciation:

Depot: Dee-poh, or deh-poh?

Coupon: Kew-pon, or Koo-pon?

Comment and/or add more.
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D-poh
cue-pon


Roof...as in "proof"
creek..as in "freak"
Aunt...as in "ant"
Theater...as in "beater"
Syrup...as in...uh.....syrup
 
dee-poh

koo-pon

ont

realtor

safe deposit box

thee-a-tur

roof as in ruf

creek as in crick

syrup as in surrup

toilet as in terlet (:lol: j/k - age check!)
 
For aunt I say "ant", though I've always suspected that "ont" is the technically correct pronunciation.

Here in Iowa, they call soda "pop", but they pronounce it "paaaaahp". I'm not sure they're even aware of it.
 
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