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Do you pronounce it (pecan) like PEE-CON or PEE-CAN?

I pronounce it PEE-CAN cause its pure southern American English. People who pronounce it PEE-CON must be from somewhere else

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  • Anonymous
    4 weeks ago
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    Funnily enough, a mate of mine and I had this discussion just last night. It's 'Pee-can'. 

  • D50
    Lv 6
    4 weeks ago

    I suspect it was once regional, but now its diffused and you'll hear both everywhere. I prefer pee-cawn.

  • Anonymous
    4 weeks ago

    I say both and I accept both from others.  It's just a nut.

  • 4 weeks ago

    I say PAY-con. 

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  • 4 weeks ago

    i'm from the north and had to relearn how to pronounce that when i moved to the south.  it's now pee-cans.

  • 4 weeks ago

    PEE-can is what I say. But both pronunciations are acceptable. PEE-can is the 'English' pronunciation, and Pee-CON (or really, puh-CON is the way it's said) is based on the French pronunciation and is more likely to be found in the south than in the north, but people in both north and south use both pronunciations.

  • 4 weeks ago

    I have a tendency toward the a sound of man, and not the schua or short a sound of ahhhn as in some sort of Jamaican or Latino accent for Mahn (not my yob mahn).  Maan, not mahn.  pecaan, not pecahn.  definitely not pee con.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    4 weeks ago

    I honestly say both.  My mom says "Pee-CAWNS" though, but I feel like pronunciation wise, "Pee-CAN" makes more sense.  And my mom grew up in the US near D.C, so idk where she got that from haha. 

  • 4 weeks ago

    PEE-CAN. I'm from northern California. Lived there first 25 years. Same accent on both syllables.

    Source(s): Native American English speaker for 68 years.
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