s/o jenn barrette

[emmasmommy]

so, how do you pronounce 'barrette?' the hair piece, not the uberly famous digidesigner.

i say 'bar/ett' (with the emphasis on the first syllable) but i know a lot of people say it all funky
i've heard 'buh/rett', as well as a few others. how do you say it?

[Nikki Epperson]

buh/rett

But I'm an Okie, so don't hold it against me

[Darcy Baldwin]

I don't say it cause it's some girlie thing I know nothing about :P

(but Nikki - I think you'd be correct LOLOL)

[Nikki Epperson]

Originally Posted by Darcy Baldwin

(but Nikki - I think you'd be correct LOLOL)

I knew I liked you!

[mrshobbes]

I say it like you do, Laura. Or, you know, I say, "hair clip."

[Lauramarie]

I think I say it both ways...kinda like remember or member..yah

[maryinaz]

Originally Posted by Nikki Epperson

buh/rett

But I'm an Okie, so don't hold it against me

This ^ with emphasis on the "rett" so buhRETT - and I'm from Missouri, so maybe there is something to that.

[MommaTrish]

barhet (like Rhett from Gone with the Wind) or buhhet ((because sometimes bar and buh come out the same depending on the word)) though 9 times out of 10 I just say "hair pretties" lol :P

[MommaTrish]

Oh and I definitely put the emphasis on the second half of it

[emmasmommy]

LOL
we usually say clips or piggies. r's are avoided as much as possible here

[LeeAndra]

Oh, dear, look at this lovely bunch of buh-RHETTs for our young female offspring. I do believe I shall buy them.

[carriesmom]

I say it like Trish does. Either buh or bahhett. Emphasis on the bah syllable. I was born in Texas if that means anything.

[suze]

Originally Posted by maryinaz

This ^ with emphasis on the "rett" so buhRETT - and I'm from Missouri, so maybe there is something to that.

haha I'm from missouri and I say it exactly like that....

[Milmomma]

Originally Posted by Nikki Epperson

buh/rett

But I'm an Okie, so don't hold it against me

I say it like this, raised in Missery though.

Now we just call them clips around my home.

[Julie Billingsley]

I say bur-ette... at least I thought I did until I was trying to say it and now I am confused. LOL

[MommaTrish]

Originally Posted by Julie Billingsley

I say bur-ette... at least I thought I did until I was trying to say it and now I am confused. LOL

lol that's why I had to put buh and bar on my response.

[lovely1m]

buh RHETTE

[AmberK]

Ok....Im keep saying it in my head and it looks like I say buh-RETTE or Bah-RETTE.

[Traci Reed]

buhRETTE

[Paula]

buhRETTE

[rach3975]

buh rhett with a very slight emphasis on the second syllable. I grew up in Connecticut, but I also lived in New York and Massachusetts while I was learning to talk.

[BrattyMeg]

another buhRETTE here

[Jen22]

Oh I'm different (or maybe just lazy, lol). I mush it together and say brett (one syllable) lol. I think if I thought about it before saying it, I would say it burett, emphasis on the rett, but I'm trying really hard to remember, and I'm really sure I say brett (like the boy's name) lol

[Jen22]

And just cuz I must reach this tonight (my ocd insists, lol) -- I've now officially posted 1000 times, lol

[MamaBee]

bur-ette... but then I'm from Wisconsin - we also say water bubbler and sodapop... hahaha!

[mariewilcox]

For me it is bar-ETTE - definitely second syllable emphasis, and definitely an R in the first syllable.

[kim21673]

Being a mommy of 4 boys...that word isn't spoken in our house!! LOL if it was I would say it like you Laura.

[dana]

i think that i say it: buhette w/ the emphasis pretty equal on both syllables - i can't figure out which one i stress more LOL!

[Angie4b1g]

BAR, as in the place I need to be right now, and ETTE.

[Jenn Barrette]

I say it like this - http://www.macmillandictionary.com/p...itish/barrette

[mummytothree]

Just like this:

bəˈret

Which I think is like you say it!!! *giggle*

[*Celeste*]

buhet

[emmasmommy]

Originally Posted by MamaBee

bur-ette... but then I'm from Wisconsin - we also say water bubbler and sodapop... hahaha!

bwahahaha! i had a friend from CT who said 'bubbler.' the first time she said it i was SO confused!

[misfitinmn]

Originally Posted by Julie Billingsley

I say bur-ette... at least I thought I did until I was trying to say it and now I am confused. LOL

I was just thinking halfway through this thread that now it feels like barrette is some kind of made-up silly word...you know how that happens when you look at/think about a word for too long?

anyway, i THINK i normally say bahhett.

[SmallMoments]

Originally Posted by MommaTrish

barhet (like Rhett from Gone with the Wind) or buhhet ((because sometimes bar and buh come out the same depending on the word)) though 9 times out of 10 I just say "hair pretties" lol :P

This is me, too. MInus the hair pretties... b/c with all the testosterone in this house I'd get some funky looks if I asked if they'd get me a hair pretty. LOL

[heathergw]

barhet here

[Megan Turnidge]

Originally Posted by Jenn Barrette

I say it like this - http://www.macmillandictionary.com/p...itish/barrette

That's exactly how I say it and everyone else around here says it that way too.

[taracotta7]

Originally Posted by Nikki Epperson

buh/rett

But I'm an Okie, so don't hold it against me

Totally this. Every.freakin.word.of.this. LOL