When I was growing up, we laughed at people who pronounced Aunt "ont". And Erin/Aaron rhyme, to me.
Strong like an Amazon.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Jul 08, 2007 4:52:12 pm PDT #7049 of 10001
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Scrappy - Jul 08, 2007 4:52:34 pm PDT #7050 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I say An-tee, as do all of my Midwestern-raised relatives.
gives Cowgirl the stinkeye
Kat - Jul 08, 2007 4:53:32 pm PDT #7051 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
did K tell you that she thought squash was nasty?
Hawaii has the surplus of vowels. Wales, a sore lack thereof.
If only the two could get together and have a continental kid, it would have both the perfect number of consonants and vowels and the perfect temperate weather.
Jesse - Jul 08, 2007 4:54:35 pm PDT #7052 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hey, I said it was regional, not right!
Anyway, I think the thing on my pants was a water spot, and I did make it worse. Greeeaaaat.
Monique - Jul 08, 2007 5:06:32 pm PDT #7053 of 10001
I say An-tee, as do all of my Midwestern-raised relatives.
Midwesterner checking in to back up Robin on the An-tee.
I have pimped The Book at Whedonesque, and lured my mother-in-law into reading it. It's been a full weekend.
sarameg - Jul 08, 2007 5:14:03 pm PDT #7054 of 10001
I say An-tee, as do all of my Midwestern-raised relatives.
Ohntee from this product of midwesterners. Of course, there's some recent immigrant mixed in there. But given the non-immigrant Minnesotans make up the most aunties....Maybe sw Mn and SD are a bit different.
sumi - Jul 08, 2007 5:15:22 pm PDT #7055 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I mostly find Nadal annoying but he plays so well and today's match was a total nail biter.
And check out the BBC's amusing commentary on the Murray/Jankovic vs. Bjorkman/Molik mixed doubles finals.
Hil R. - Jul 08, 2007 5:15:26 pm PDT #7056 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
New Yorker, child of one New Yorker and one New Englander here. I generally say an-tee, but sometimes switch over to ahn-tee without really noticing. Same thing with bath and bahth.
Cashmere - Jul 08, 2007 5:21:15 pm PDT #7057 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I just say Aunt ____. I've never used "Auntie."
JenP - Jul 08, 2007 5:21:27 pm PDT #7058 of 10001
Non-mid-westerner, also pronounce it an-tee.
Our B&N is way the hell over yonder, so I can't go check it out until Wednesday. Am saddened by this. But, it's only a couple of days; I can tough it out. I was going to try to go today, but that didn't pan out at all.
Yikes. I have to throw a load of laundry in tonight, or things will not be pretty tomorrow.
ETA: Well, OK, I also say Aunt ____ like Cash. If I did say Auntie, it'd be an-tee.
ETAA: I sort of adore the "How do you pronounce X?" roll calls. It's very... comforting isn't the right word, but it's something like that.