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I thought about it for a bit, and realized that I say it both ways. Both sound perfectly fine to me.

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How is it pronounced where?

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What about Aunt and Ant?

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I hate "awnt". so annoying.

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annoying to hear a word pronounced correctly?

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It's a north/south thing.

In the north, it's aunt. In the south, it's ant.

I grew in the south. I say ant. It's strange to hear people say aunt, to me anyway.

(yeah, I'm aware that's probably the correct way, it still sounds strange)

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How do you pronounce "schadenfreude"? Which is a good word for many poker players meaning: Pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.

I know, whats Pokah? I think its a dance and so on and so forth.

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It's a north/south thing.

In the north, it's aunt. In the south, it's ant.

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Not in the Northern Midwest. It's pronounced just like ant. I think it's more a red/blue state thing, with exceptions for MN, WI, and MI.

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for me it's SHAH-den-froid

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It's a north/south thing.

In the north, it's aunt. In the south, it's ant.

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Not entirely true. I hear lots of black people from the South say awnt too.

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for me it's SHAH-den-froid

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But it's German, you have to pronounce the E at the end. I say "SHAH-den-froid-uh."

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It's a north/south thing.

In the north, it's aunt. In the south, it's ant.

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Not entirely true. I hear lots of black people from the South say awnt too.

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There are black people in the south? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]