>>And, yes, some geographically impoverished people pronounce "pecan" like
>>it's something kept by the bed and emptied in the morning. Really
>>disgusting.
>Just curious -- how else would you pronounce it?
> Like the first part of peckin'?
> Like bacon, but with a P instead of a B?
> Like piquant, but without the trailing t?
> I'm sure there's more ways to mutilate the vowels, but my imagination ran
>out..
> -- dan
Pecan: puh-KAHN. Not: PEE-kan.
Walt
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