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This is more or less for those with American and Canadian accents. How do you say the following words? Pronunciation is the important part here, not stress. Oh, and if I did a crappy job transcribing anything, I apologize.

How do you pronounce the word "coupon"?

31% (369) "kyoo-pon"
61% (712) "koo-pon"
5% (66) Either
1% (12) Neither

1159 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the word "pink"?

63% (718) "pihnk"
30% (347) "peenk"
1% (20) Either
3% (37) Neither

1122 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the word "donkey"?

90% (1016) "dahnkey" (rhymes with "honky")
4% (49) "dunkey"
0% (1) Either
4% (56) Neither

1122 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the words "milk" and "pillow"?

81% (915) "milk" and "pillow"
13% (154) "melk" and "pellow"
3% (38) Either
1% (20) Neither

1127 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the word "ketchup" (or "catsup")?

10% (115) "katchup"
86% (963) "ketchup"
0% (9) "catsup"
1% (19) Any of the 3
0% (5) None of the 3

1111 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the word "water"?

92% (1016) "wawter" (rhymes with "slaughter")
2% (32) "wood-er" (rhymes with "should her")
0% (8) Either
4% (44) Neither

1100 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the word "terrible"?

86% (947) "tair-able"
3% (43) "tur-able"
1% (11) Either
8% (90) Neither

1091 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the word "route"?

53% (584) "root"
28% (307) "rowt"
17% (195) Either
0% (9) Neither

1095 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the words "toilet" and "wash"?

97% (1060) "toy-let" and "wahsh"
0% (7) "ter-let" and "warsh"
0% (6) Either
1% (18) Neither

1091 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the words "foreign" and "orange"?

89% (965) "for-in" and "or-inj"
6% (69) "far-in" and "ar-inj"
1% (21) Either
2% (26) Neither

1081 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the word "bag"?

89% (957) "bag" (same "a" sound as in "had" or "hat")
7% (76) "beg"
0% (9) Either
2% (31) Neither

1073 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the word "aunt"?

60% (644) "ant"
29% (311) "ahnt"
9% (105) Either
1% (12) Neither

1072 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the word "schedule"?

88% (950) "skedjul"
7% (77) "shedjul"
2% (23) Either
2% (25) Neither

1075 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the word "decal"?

79% (845) "deekal"
17% (187) "dehkal"
2% (23) Either
1% (14) Neither

1069 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the word "sure"?

35% (378) "shoor"
54% (572) "sher" (rhyming with "her", not "care")
8% (86) Either
2% (22) Neither

1058 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the word "lieutenant"?

88% (923) "lootenent"
7% (83) "leftenent"
2% (21) Either
1% (19) Neither

1046 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the prefix "anti-"?

36% (384) "ant-ee"
38% (402) "ant-i"
24% (257) Either
0% (8) Neither

1051 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the word "pasta"?

74% (814) "pahsta"
22% (243) "paasta" (same "a" sound as in "cash" or "past")
2% (23) Either
0% (9) Neither

1089 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the words "white" and "when"?

87% (917) "wite" and "wen"
9% (98) "hwite" and "hwen"
1% (15) Either
1% (14) Neither

1044 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the word "human"?

93% (982) "hyoomen"
3% (34) "yoomen"
0% (4) Either
2% (27) Neither

1047 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the word "caramel"?

31% (332) "cahr-mull"
38% (410) "care-a-mell"
16% (170) "cahr-a-mell"
11% (118) Any of these
2% (22) None of these

1052 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the words "tune" and "news"?

18% (193) "tyoon" and "nyooz"
76% (797) "toon" and "nooz"
2% (29) Either
1% (19) Neither

1038 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the days of the week?

92% (967) "Monday", "Toozday"/"Tyoozday", "Wenzday"...
3% (32) "Mondee", "Toozdee"/"Tyoozdee", "Wenzdee"...
1% (11) Either
2% (30) Neither

1040 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the words "pen" and "penny"?

89% (939) "pehn" and "pehny"
8% (85) "pin" and "pinny"
0% (6) Either
1% (14) Neither

1044 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the word "borrow"?

29% (309) "boar-oh"
64% (667) "bar-oh"
1% (17) Either
4% (44) Neither

1037 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the word "bury"?

68% (714) "berree"
23% (247) "burree"
6% (65) Either
1% (13) Neither

1039 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the word "were"?

87% (902) "wer" (rhymes with "her")
2% (27) "ware" (I am Canadian and under 60 yrs of age.)
0% (1) "ware" (I am Canadian and over 60 yrs of age.)
5% (61) "ware" (I am American and under 60 yrs of age.)
0% (5) "ware" (I am American and over 60 yrs of age.)
2% (27) Either "wer" or "ware"
1% (13) Neither

1036 voters have answered this question.

How old are you?

2% (21) under 13
48% (510) 13-25
21% (223) 25-35
16% (175) 35-50
6% (67) 51-60
3% (35) 61-70
0% (5) 71-80
0% (6) over 80

1042 voters have answered this question.

What part of North America are you from (primarily)? Please be as specific as possible--some states and provinces are listed.

3% (38) U.S.-South
2% (28) U.S.-Southwest
6% (65) U.S.-Southeast
1% (16) U.S.-North
5% (53) U.S.-Northwest
10% (109) U.S.-Northeast
15% (160) U.S.-Midwest
3% (39) U.S.-West
3% (33) U.S.-East
7% (79) U.S.-California
3% (33) U.S.-Texas
2% (29) U.S.-NYC area
2% (24) U.S.-Boston area
5% (57) U.S.-New Jersey/New York state/Pennsylvania
0% (9) U.S.-North/South Dakota/Minnesota
0% (8) U.S.-Alabama/Tennessee/Mississippi/Kentucky/Louisiana
5% (51) Canada-British Columbia
0% (4) Canada-Newfoundland
1% (12) Canada-Other Maritimes
1% (12) Canada-Quebec
0% (2) Canada-Territories
4% (46) Canada-Prairies
0% (7) Canada-Northern Ontario
9% (97) Canada-Southern Ontario

1011 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce "Quebec"?

27% (288) "kuh-bec"
62% (655) "kwuh-bec"
3% (39) Either
6% (67) Neither

1049 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the word "shone"?

79% (825) "shown"
14% (154) "shahn"
1% (13) Either
3% (40) Neither

1032 voters have answered this question.

How do you pronounce the word "iron"?

84% (880) "i-earn"
10% (111) "i-run"
1% (14) Either
3% (34) Neither

1039 voters have answered this question.

Did you enjoy this poll at all?

23% (246) Hot damn, this is the most fun I've had in weeks.
42% (442) Yes, though saying these things to my computer made me feel like a moron..
21% (226) Didn't like it, didn't hate it.
2% (25) No, because saying these things to my computer made me feel like a moron.
8% (92) You suck; now I've forgotten how I speak normally.

1031 voters have answered this question.

This poll was created on 2004-09-02 21:38:11 by Canaduck
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