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Old 05-30-2013, 10:11 AM   #1
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Pe-CAN vs. Pe-KAHN & the data to back it up.

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21. pecan
a. [pi:kn] with stress on the first syllable ("PEE-can") (17.03%)
b. [pi:kn] with stress on the second syllable ("pee-CAN") (9.02%)
c. [pi:kn] with stress on the first syllable ("PEE-Kahn") (13.19%)
d. [pi:kn] with stress on the second syllable ("pee-KAHN") (28.60%)
e. [pkn] ("pick Ann") (1.48%)
f. [pkn] ("pick Ahn") (20.92%)
g. I pronounce it differently when it's alone than when it's in a compound like "pecan pie" (please state how you pronounce the two variants in the comments box) (6.24%)
h. other (3.51%)
(11213 respondents)

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Old 05-30-2013, 10:34 AM   #2
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Probably the least geographically skewed of these I've seen. Usually it's just more fodder for pre-existing regional biases. Here, the main takeaway seem to be that nobody lives in Wyoming.
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Old 05-30-2013, 10:49 AM   #3
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Interesting. My south Georgia relatives may not agree as I have heard many an explanation on the difference between the Can and the kahn.
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Old 05-30-2013, 10:50 AM   #4
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more likely the people in Wyoming have good taste and don't eat those nutty turds
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Old 05-30-2013, 10:56 AM   #5
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On a slightly related tangent, I got a hankering to make a pecan pie when I lived in Europe. Ran into a slight problem in Italy. They don't sell corn syrup. No Karo, no pecan pie. When I was in the UK, they had something called golden syrup. Tried it, but it didn't really work too well.
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Old 05-30-2013, 11:26 AM   #6
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I'm an f, which looks right based on the map as well.
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Old 05-30-2013, 11:29 AM   #7
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Pretty sure I use a,b,c, and d interchangeably. I suspect it depends on the audience.
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Old 05-30-2013, 11:48 AM   #8
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Yeah, I use it based on the audience too.
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Old 05-30-2013, 11:48 AM   #9
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Probably the least geographically skewed of these I've seen. Usually it's just more fodder for pre-existing regional biases. Here, the main takeaway seem to be that nobody lives in Wyoming.

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Old 05-30-2013, 11:50 AM   #10
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I find that sometimes my pronunciation changes based on if I'm talking about the nut alone, or in combination with pie, roll, etc.
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Old 05-30-2013, 11:54 AM   #11
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Very interesting ... appears to be little regional influence, just a difference in popularity of the pronunciations.

I'm a pick-ahn person most of the time. I only use PEE-can when quoting When Harry Met Sally.
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Old 05-30-2013, 12:11 PM   #12
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I'm a G, but really, who gives a shit?
I guess I do since I am posting in here.
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Old 05-30-2013, 12:14 PM   #13
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I will say it different ways depending on my mood or what I am referring to, though Pikahn is probably the one I say the most when referring to just the nut.
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Old 05-30-2013, 02:23 PM   #14
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I say (a), my wife is from Georgia and tells me (f) is where it's at.
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Old 05-30-2013, 02:44 PM   #15
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G (A when alone, D when in a pie/cookie/etc)
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Old 05-30-2013, 02:46 PM   #16
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I'm pretty sure we can all at least agree that David Khan should be peed on.
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Old 06-01-2013, 04:48 AM   #17
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