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@AKgirl2 wrote:

Grew up saying "cray-ons"...now, do you say pee-cans or 

pee-cons?  😄


Neither.  "Pecans" doesn't have "pee" in it.  Smiley Happy

 

Puh-cons

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@AKgirl2 wrote:

Grew up saying "cray-ons"...now, do you say pee-cans or 

pee-cons?  😄


 

 

"peh-cons" is how i say it......

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Crayons. I've never heard an alternate pronunciation.

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@AKgirl2 wrote:

Grew up saying "cray-ons"...now, do you say pee-cans or 

pee-cons?  😄


@AKgirl2  I once said pee-cans as a child, reading the label of a package of Pecan Sandies cookies.  My mom laughed & said it was "puh-cahns"

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For some reason I recall saying they were "color cray-ons" when I was young.  I've never heard crans.   I've also said Pe-kons'".  And when I hear someone use the slangy, supposedly Southern, pronounciation of pie, I want to jump through the screen and strangle them.  Names withheld.

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my parents were European, so no pronunciation correction offered there...maybe it's an east coast thing, but my friends all pronounce it pee-cans as well...

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I say Cray on. I was watching a video about adult coloring books and the woman kept saying, " I just use my colors". I had no idea she was talking about crayons. Colors are red, green, blue etc. to me, not an art supply.

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Crayolas

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They were both used when I was a kid and I still catch myself using either one.

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cray-ons for me!  As a teacher, I had a little fella one time refer to his by the brand.  With his limited communication, he did say "Rose Art" and that stood for any color he wanted at that time.Heart

 

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