It's time for the "Friday Food Debate" where we tackle some of the burning questions of the culinary world...LOL!
This week, the burning question is:
So this came up at my office yesterday. I bought a pecan pie for an office luncheon. That brought up the debate of how to pronounce the ubiquitous nut. Setting aside one pronunciation that was "peck-un", LOL, we realized that some people say puh-kahn and others say pee-kan.
Here in our household, 2nd Man and I both use the puh-kahn pronunciation. I think it's a Southern thing from what I see online. Or certainly regional across the country in different areas.
So...how do you pronounce it?
So this came up at my office yesterday. I bought a pecan pie for an office luncheon. That brought up the debate of how to pronounce the ubiquitous nut. Setting aside one pronunciation that was "peck-un", LOL, we realized that some people say puh-kahn and others say pee-kan.
Here in our household, 2nd Man and I both use the puh-kahn pronunciation. I think it's a Southern thing from what I see online. Or certainly regional across the country in different areas.
So...how do you pronounce it?
Originally from the North (Iowa) we normally pronounced it PEE-kahn or pa-KAHN pie; depending on which part of Iowa you where from.
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ReplyDeleteHere in PA, I say pee-kahn. Love your posts like this one.
ReplyDeleteMary
Another pee-kahn here. Just like MaMaw used to say it.
ReplyDeletehmm???...pee-kahn for singular, and puh-kahn for plural.
ReplyDeletePEE-kan. always. I LOVE PEE-KANS!
ReplyDeleteTexan here with 175 years of roots in Texas soil. I say puh-kahn.
ReplyDeletepuh-kahn--I hear many people in Florida say pee-can. I correct them immediately. I'm quite strict on this issue.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Pee-Kan over here!
ReplyDeleteYep, it's pee-kan in Queensland.
ReplyDeleteIt is puhKAHN from the land of puhKAHNS. I, too, am quite strict on this.
ReplyDeletePuhKAHNS in Indiana!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's puh-kahn. My mama used to say that a pee-can was what you had under the bed.
ReplyDeleteOnce Mother pointed out that Grampa kept a pee-can under his bed, it could never be other than puh-kahn...
DeleteDon't think it's regional. Lifelong Michigander here, relatives from Philapelphia, PA; NJ and western PA, and we all say "puh-kahn".
ReplyDeleteShelley
Growing up outside of Philadelphia, I say puh-kahn. I now live in New Haven, CT, and everybody is accurate saying it the same way.
ReplyDeletePakahn, colorado.
ReplyDeleteGonna throw a wrench in here because I say it, "Peh-cahn'. Not puh-cahn. Not pah-cahn. Peh-cahn.
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