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Does anyone else pronounce "crayon" like "cran"?

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Opaque Location
  03/29/17
Yes, and I've also heard "crown"
Vermilion Spot Half-breed
  03/29/17
I've heard cran IRL but never crown
tantric jap
  03/29/17
I say "crown"
Spruce Swollen Antidepressant Drug Corner
  03/30/17
(Guy who just took the NYT accent locator test)
Cracking useless depressive national
  03/29/17
I do but nobody else in my family does
Opaque Location
  03/29/17
Prole tell
Azure laughsome university
  03/29/17
You trying to hurt my feelings here or what?
Opaque Location
  03/29/17
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Galvanic lay
  03/30/17
We said "crown" growing up, but I stopped when I r...
Zombie-like gaping
  03/29/17
Thats not a PNW thing
Cracking useless depressive national
  03/29/17
I know, that's what makes it so odd. I've never lived anywhe...
Zombie-like gaping
  03/29/17
"Crown" is an interesting phenomenon. When they pu...
Spruce Swollen Antidepressant Drug Corner
  03/30/17
Fucking weird dude. Sounds Appalachian
indigo principal's office liquid oxygen
  03/30/17
Wouldn't "crown" be closest to the original French...
underhanded buff public bath
  03/30/17
i pronounce it cra-unz which barely sounds like two syllable...
Marvelous Gas Station
  03/29/17
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big school cafeteria nibblets
  03/29/17
No but I often think about how silly this sounds. Cran. Lol.
misanthropic roast beef
  03/30/17
I don't think I've ever heard that in my life. is this some ...
demanding stage
  03/30/17
Apparently southerners pronounce both "pen" and &q...
fragrant nursing home
  03/30/17
Yeah that's true
misanthropic roast beef
  03/30/17
yeah "pen" is pronounced "pin" but when ...
Marvelous Gas Station
  03/30/17
Accurate
painfully honest school
  03/30/17
i think they are just flaming us with this pronunciation
drab degenerate field
  03/30/17
Nah bro even I say that and i don't have a noticeable accent...
demanding stage
  03/30/17
I generally do not anymore but I did as a kid
Burgundy crotch
  03/30/17
Literally no idea how I pronounce this word
Bull headed candlestick maker
  03/30/17
when I was a kid another little kid asked me if I knew what ...
ebony shrine
  03/30/17
lol
Spectacular fat ankles internal respiration
  03/30/17


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Date: March 29th, 2017 11:29 PM
Author: Opaque Location



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Date: March 29th, 2017 11:30 PM
Author: Vermilion Spot Half-breed

Yes, and I've also heard "crown"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32950432)



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Date: March 29th, 2017 11:32 PM
Author: tantric jap

I've heard cran IRL but never crown

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32950467)



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Date: March 30th, 2017 5:00 AM
Author: Spruce Swollen Antidepressant Drug Corner

I say "crown"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32951645)



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Date: March 29th, 2017 11:30 PM
Author: Cracking useless depressive national

(Guy who just took the NYT accent locator test)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32950436)



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Date: March 29th, 2017 11:31 PM
Author: Opaque Location

I do but nobody else in my family does

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32950441)



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Date: March 29th, 2017 11:31 PM
Author: Azure laughsome university

Prole tell

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Date: March 29th, 2017 11:33 PM
Author: Opaque Location

You trying to hurt my feelings here or what?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32950470)



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Date: March 30th, 2017 10:42 AM
Author: Galvanic lay



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32952583)



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Date: March 29th, 2017 11:34 PM
Author: Zombie-like gaping

We said "crown" growing up, but I stopped when I realized it was prole.

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Date: March 29th, 2017 11:34 PM
Author: Cracking useless depressive national

Thats not a PNW thing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32950484)



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Date: March 29th, 2017 11:35 PM
Author: Zombie-like gaping

I know, that's what makes it so odd. I've never lived anywhere else, but my parents grew up in another state.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32950493)



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Date: March 30th, 2017 5:04 AM
Author: Spruce Swollen Antidepressant Drug Corner

"Crown" is an interesting phenomenon. When they put together pronunciation maps of the country, there is nowhere that shows up with a plurality for "crown" and yet it is mixed in all over (primarily the upper midwest and parts of BosWash, I think). And it isn't just random weirdos here and there who didn't learn it right... everyone in my family says "crown" and I distinctly remember that being the primary pronunciation in my elementary school class room. Also, when I looked into this before, I don't think it was really closely correlated with any other odd regional pronunciation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32951650)



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Date: March 30th, 2017 5:41 AM
Author: indigo principal's office liquid oxygen

Fucking weird dude. Sounds Appalachian

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32951683)



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Date: March 30th, 2017 10:40 AM
Author: underhanded buff public bath

Wouldn't "crown" be closest to the original French pronunciation? Seems prestigious.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32952550)



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Date: March 29th, 2017 11:41 PM
Author: Marvelous Gas Station

i pronounce it cra-unz which barely sounds like two syllables and a lot closer to crans than cray-ons.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32950564)



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Date: March 29th, 2017 11:49 PM
Author: big school cafeteria nibblets



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32950655)



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Date: March 30th, 2017 3:51 AM
Author: misanthropic roast beef

No but I often think about how silly this sounds. Cran. Lol.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32951573)



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Date: March 30th, 2017 3:54 AM
Author: demanding stage

I don't think I've ever heard that in my life. is this some canadian shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32951575)



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Date: March 30th, 2017 4:21 AM
Author: fragrant nursing home

Apparently southerners pronounce both "pen" and "pin" like "pin."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32951597)



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Date: March 30th, 2017 5:05 AM
Author: misanthropic roast beef

Yeah that's true

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32951653)



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Date: March 30th, 2017 9:21 AM
Author: Marvelous Gas Station

yeah "pen" is pronounced "pin" but when they say "pin" its more like "peen" ljl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32951996)



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Date: March 30th, 2017 9:50 AM
Author: painfully honest school

Accurate

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32952184)



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Date: March 30th, 2017 10:41 AM
Author: drab degenerate field

i think they are just flaming us with this pronunciation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32952559)



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Date: March 30th, 2017 10:49 AM
Author: demanding stage

Nah bro even I say that and i don't have a noticeable accent unless talking to family. I pronounce them exactly the same

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32952641)



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Date: March 30th, 2017 9:22 AM
Author: Burgundy crotch

I generally do not anymore but I did as a kid

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32951998)



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Date: March 30th, 2017 10:42 AM
Author: Bull headed candlestick maker

Literally no idea how I pronounce this word

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32952576)



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Date: March 30th, 2017 10:46 AM
Author: ebony shrine

when I was a kid another little kid asked me if I knew what "crowns" were made of. I said Gold. He said, Wrong! Wax! I was bewildered.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32952619)



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Date: March 30th, 2017 10:48 AM
Author: Spectacular fat ankles internal respiration

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3568194&forum_id=2#32952638)