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re: Puh-kahn or pee-can? Which one?
Posted on 3/4/20 at 1:45 pm to GreyWhiskers
Posted on 3/4/20 at 1:45 pm to GreyWhiskers
I like to throw a few pee-cans in the pot when I boil crayfish.
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Posted on 3/4/20 at 1:52 pm to Chucktown_Badger
When I talk with my kid's friends down here and tell them that they are called "bubbler" I get the biggest "WTF" face from them.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 1:56 pm to GreyWhiskers
quote:
Puh-kahn
a nut
quote:
pee-can
what you take on a long trip
Posted on 3/4/20 at 1:57 pm to NoHoTiger
exactly
Posted on 3/4/20 at 1:58 pm to GreyWhiskers
Truckers use pee cans.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 1:58 pm to GreyWhiskers
This is regionally contentious.
French pronunciation would be pu'kaan. That would be why you folks in Louisiana and Mississippi say that.
In the Carolinas, Pee'Can is by far the most common pronunciation-- likely due to some carryover of linguistical connection to colonial middle English that is still lingering in our dialect of American Southern English.
It's actually pretty well documented, google is your friend.
French pronunciation would be pu'kaan. That would be why you folks in Louisiana and Mississippi say that.
In the Carolinas, Pee'Can is by far the most common pronunciation-- likely due to some carryover of linguistical connection to colonial middle English that is still lingering in our dialect of American Southern English.
It's actually pretty well documented, google is your friend.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 2:13 pm to Apollyon
In SC, the people who say puh-kahn are those trying to sound like a Lowcountry aristocrat.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 2:18 pm to GreyWhiskers
quote:
Puh-kahn
It's also praw-leen, not pray-leen
Posted on 3/4/20 at 2:23 pm to GreyWhiskers
Why does this thread happen every 6 months?
Posted on 3/4/20 at 2:35 pm to oVo
never use puh-kahn shells for smoking. They have bits of meat in them that go rancid over time and can ruin a a smoker full of meat trust me and dont do it A lesson I learnt the hard way
Posted on 3/4/20 at 2:40 pm to GreyWhiskers
quote:
pee-can?
Posted on 3/4/20 at 2:41 pm to GreyWhiskers
I went hunting in Norrh Louisiana on a friends property. The stand was full of pee cans. Bud light pee cans.
I also use to go with a girl from Golden Meadow. She would say in the sweetest down the by-uh accent, “Bigfishchoupique would you like some pah-kawn ?“. The answer was always yes.
I also use to go with a girl from Golden Meadow. She would say in the sweetest down the by-uh accent, “Bigfishchoupique would you like some pah-kawn ?“. The answer was always yes.
This post was edited on 3/4/20 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 3/4/20 at 2:42 pm to oVo
quote:
Why does this thread happen every 6 months?
That's a bit generous
Posted on 3/4/20 at 2:49 pm to WG_Dawg
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pretend ordering a "coke" even if that's not what you want is commonplace
This is one I've never understood.
Who the frick calls every type of soft drink Coke? That is 100% not a thing no matter where in the south you go.
One that I have heard a good bit that you never see on these quizzes is calling a soft drink a "cold drink". I've heard that one quite a bit.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 3:01 pm to SCLibertarian
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In SC, the people who say puh-kahn are those trying to sound like a Lowcountry aristocrat.
Yep.
The default in NC and SC is overwhelmingly "Pee-Can". But then again, our culture is not french-based
Posted on 3/4/20 at 3:02 pm to GreyWhiskers
If I say it in my not professional voice I say "puh-cone"
Posted on 3/4/20 at 3:03 pm to GreyWhiskers
neither, more like puh-cons
Posted on 3/4/20 at 3:23 pm to HammerheadLincoln
In South Carolina, every soft drink was "cocola."
This post was edited on 3/4/20 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 3/4/20 at 3:26 pm to GreyWhiskers
Neither, puh-cawn.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 3:27 pm to GreyWhiskers
Pee Kahn
Puh Can
Puh Can
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