Wordie: Crayon: Comments

Comment by pterodactyl, 4 months ago

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:27:22 +0000

See this map for American pronunciation.

Comment by jennarenn, 10 months ago

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:20:16 +0000

I am decidedly a member of the "crown" camp. So how's about them apples?

Comment by chained_bear, 10 months ago

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:38:54 +0000

I pronounce crayon, when I'm not enunciating carefully, as something like an elongated "cran." Maybe more like "craon"--somewhere between one and two syllables.

I pronounce sandwich as "sandwich," or maybe a little like "sanwich." I don't like sammich at all--but some people on Wordie really love it.

Comment by cathari, 10 months ago

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:24:58 +0000

Possibly. Or maybe I just enunciate more than average (am I really the only one in this area who pronounces "sandwich" as it's spelled?)

Comment by uselessness, 10 months ago

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:20:26 +0000

Yeah, I guess you could say it that way too. There is a difference between the way the two sound, but to my ears it's negligible. Maybe you speak with a dialect that makes it more pronounced?

Comment by cathari, 10 months ago

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:15:12 +0000

What, isn't it pronounced, you know, "cray-on"? I'm pretty sure I've never said it "cray-un"...

Comment by uselessness, 10 months ago

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:56:22 +0000

Pronounced "cran," or maybe "cray-un," but certainly never "crown."