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Originally Posted by Sherrilee
I have a strong Boston accent... had a New Years party here and told a friend to bring — pick-ons—. She said “ really, ok I’ll bring pecans”. I’ve laughed for 2 years!!!
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I had always heard pecan pronounced pee-KAHN until I visited an uncle in Maryland. I asked him what kind of wood was used to make his dining room set. He told me PEE-can. It took me a very long time to figure out what he meant.
When I was grade school age our family visited the school where my mother had taught on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. When they asked us to stay for lunch they pronounced toe-MAY-toe as toe-MAH-toe. That one I got but it sure sounded weird to me.