Today is National Pecan Day

[Darcy Baldwin]

So - how do you pronounce it?

and just so everyone knows, I was not compensated for this poll in any way by the National Pecan Board or whomever got this day named as Pecan day, nor is the poll biased in any fashion, whatsoever - it's the truth!

[MamaBee]

ha, ha - correct way vs incorrect way... love how you worded the answers!

I say it the "correct way"... annoys me when watching a cooking show and they say pee-can... then, you just lost me... I'm now saying "peecan pie" in a nasal voice... my son thinks it's funny...

[Valgal]

I say it the right way and everyone always makes fun of me!

[scrap2day]

hahaha Now I want to bake something with pecans.

[Keely~B]

We call them squirrel bait behind closed doors, it's the correct way in public

[Darcy Baldwin]

LOLOL Keely

[heathergw]

neither, lol

I say pee-cahn

[Darcy Baldwin]

Well, that's wrong, too, Heather, but not as wrong as pee can

[nikkiARNGwife]

I always thought pee-can was a northern thing...my aunt is from Wisconsin and she always says "pee-can"

We say "peh-cahn"...but you have to really drag out the cahn lol

[heathergw]

Originally Posted by Darcy Baldwin

Well, that's wrong, too, Heather, but not as wrong as pee can

[lauren grier]

I say it the way heather says it.. but i voted pee can.. because. but yes.. i say pee cahn

[BrattyMeg]

I say peh-cahn but like Nikki the "peh" is fast and cahn is like cahhhnnnnn (slight exaggeration lol)

I can't stand pecans though blech

[digideb]

Originally Posted by FlirtatiousBrat

I say peh-cahn but like Nikki the "peh" is fast and cahn is like cahhhnnnnn (slight exaggeration lol)

^this^

[hollyxann]

I say it the incorrect way. Always have.

I also use the word soda...not pop.

[digideb]

Originally Posted by hollyxann

I also use the word soda...not pop.

They're both wrong. It's coke...all of it, CocaCola, Pepsi, Mt. Dew, Sprite, Sunkist, it's all coke.

[nikkiARNGwife]

Originally Posted by digideb

They're both wrong. It's coke...all of it, CocaCola, Pepsi, Mt. Dew, Sprite, Sunkist, it's all coke.

^^this lol...everything is coke...we ask "what kind of coke do you want?"

Soda is what you use in baking and to make your fridge smell better

[hollyxann]

I've heard of a lot of people using coke as the general soda term but I've never heard of soda put that way. lol

Not sure if it's just an Ohio thing or something. And I'm notorious for saying y'all and yins (A PA thing)

Originally Posted by nikkiARNGwife

^^this lol...everything is coke...we ask "what kind of coke do you want?"

Soda is what you use in baking and to make your fridge smell better

[jessica31876]

actually now that I think of it I say pee-cahn too. Im a little mixed up I guess. Halfway in between the two.

[jessica31876]

LOL I just have pepsi in this house so I ask for a pepsi

but in general I call them soda pop

Originally Posted by nikkiARNGwife

^^this lol...everything is coke...we ask "what kind of coke do you want?"

Soda is what you use in baking and to make your fridge smell better

[eranslow]

I don't know for sure! But I think I say it like Heather and La - pee cahn. lol Oh and I grew up in Wisconsin

[pewtertm]

Originally Posted by nikkiARNGwife

^^this lol...everything is coke...we ask "what kind of coke do you want?"

This! DH calls it 'pop' and that just bugs me. LOL.

And back to the topic...I pronounce it correctly...and now I want to pick up some pecans at the farmer's market.

[Tracie Stroud]

Definitely the correct (in other words, the SOUTHERN way). And yes, everything is a coke. :P

[MommaTrish]

Originally Posted by FlirtatiousBrat

I say peh-cahn but like Nikki the "peh" is fast and cahn is like cahhhnnnnn (slight exaggeration lol)

I can't stand pecans though blech

ditto to both parts.

And I don't get why people want to say pee-can or pee-cahn.... that just sounds so gross. lol

[MommaTrish]

Originally Posted by nikkiARNGwife

^^this lol...everything is coke...we ask "what kind of coke do you want?"

Soda is what you use in baking and to make your fridge smell better

this too.

[jacinda]

We pronounce it pee-kin, cause we're different like that. I didn't even know there was another way to say it.

[misfitinmn]

I'm another of the hybrid variety who pronounces it pee-cahn.

But I hate them, so I don't spend a lot of time talking about them.

[SmallMoments]

The correct way.

[Darcy Baldwin]

How could you people hate pecans?! I just don't get it.

[lovely1m]

Originally Posted by heathergw

neither, lol

I say pee-cahn

oh, this one. I knew those didn't look right.

[Nettio]

I'm not sure if I'm in the pee-cahn or peh-cahn category. To me they aren't really that different so I think it might depend on my mood, haha.

Originally Posted by hollyxann

I've heard of a lot of people using coke as the general soda term but I've never heard of soda put that way. lol

Not sure if it's just an Ohio thing or something. And I'm notorious for saying y'all and yins (A PA thing)

Soda is the common term in CA. My grandma is originally from Nebraska so I've heard her call it pop even though she's lived in CA since she was a young girl. But everyone else calls it soda.

I've never heard anyone call all soda coke. That's just weird. Coke is a brand-name. Sorry but Sprite and Root Beer are not Coke.

[digideb]

Originally Posted by Nettio

I've never heard anyone call all soda coke. That's just weird. Coke is a brand-name. Sorry but Sprite and Root Beer are not Coke.

No, you're thinking of CocaCola! That's a name brand! lol

[pewtertm]

Originally Posted by Nettio

I've never heard anyone call all soda coke. That's just weird. Coke is a brand-name. Sorry but Sprite and Root Beer are not Coke.

LOL how long have you lived in Texas and not heard that? Although I never considered Sprite/7-Up to be coke...just the dark colas.

[Nettio]

Originally Posted by pewtertm

LOL how long have you lived in Texas and not heard that? Although I never considered Sprite/7-Up to be coke...just the dark colas.

LOL we've been here since August. But we're in San Antonio, it's it's own special breed of Texan. I asked Adam and he said he hadn't heard any locals say it either so I don't know, maybe we just didn't notice? We almost never order soda anywhere though so that could be part of it too. Only water and alcohol, haha.

[Traci Reed]

Born and bred in California and it's Puh-cahn and soda. Coke= cocacola not every soda on the planet and baking soda is what you use to cook with..

[Nettio]

Originally Posted by Traci Reed

Born and bred in California and it's Puh-cahn and soda. Coke= cocacola not every soda on the planet and baking soda is what you use to cook with..

Yes, this. I knew the other versions of pecan weren't quite right.

[newfiemountiewife]

Originally Posted by lauren grier

I say it the way heather says it.. but i voted pee can.. because. but yes.. i say pee cahn

LOL same here!

Maybe it is a North/South thing?