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Pecan or Pecon

8 years ago

I know it’s spelled “pecan” but some pronounce it pecan others say pecon. What about you?

I pronounce it pecon. And I’m hungry for a slice now!

Comments (31)

  • 8 years ago

    Pecon here, too.

    User thanked Olychick
  • 8 years ago

    You can pronounce it however you want, just give me a slice. I really don't care how anyone pronounces anything as long as I understand you.

    User thanked User
  • 8 years ago
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    We say pecan. But once we were dining in a pub and the waitress asked if we wanted peekin pie. Took us a while to figure that out.

    Yes, it looks amazing.

    User thanked eld6161
  • 8 years ago


    Say it which ever way you wish ...either way spells d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s.

    Did you bake that pie yourself? I'll just have a little piece .

    User thanked Elizabeth
  • 8 years ago

    No I didn’t make that one. I follow some bakeries on Facebook. This was made by a local bakery http://laughlinsbakery.com/

    I only bake for the holidays since I live alone. I’d end up eating that whole pie!

  • 8 years ago

    I say pah con with the accent on con. I love chocolate pecan pie.

    User thanked lindaohnowga
  • 8 years ago

    Yum! I say peh-kahn.

    User thanked roxanna7
  • 8 years ago

    Dictionary says it is pronounce "pi-kahn." That is the way we have always pronounced it. I was grown before I heard someone from Pennsaylvania say, "pee-can." It took me a while to figure out what he was saying and, to be honest, I had to ask him to spell it before I understood.

    User thanked WalnutCreek Zone 7b/8a
  • 8 years ago

    I used to say PEE-can, but it sounded too much like a urinal, so now I say peh-CAHN.

    User thanked Annie Deighnaugh
  • 8 years ago
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    I’m Pennsylvania Dutch so I say a lot of things people don’t understand.

    I red up the table and do the warsh in the crick!

  • 8 years ago
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    Pah con...but my southern friends say pea can

    User thanked phoggie
  • 8 years ago

    I was raised to say “Pi KAHN” but here most say “PEE can”.

    User thanked colleenoz
  • 8 years ago

    PEA-can. I was raised in NE Ohio, if that matters.

    User thanked aok27502
  • 8 years ago

    I avoid saying it.

    User thanked Michael
  • 8 years ago

    Peh khan' south Alabama speak.

    User thanked lkgrace345
  • 8 years ago

    Puh con.... never pee can.

    User thanked marilyn_c
  • 8 years ago

    PEA-can pie... and I so dislike it. Way too sweet for this gal!

    User thanked LuAnn_in_PA
  • 8 years ago

    Pecon here. JeCrigler I "red up" also.

    User thanked katlan
  • 8 years ago

    what is red up? One of my pet peeves is people who move to Washington (or refer to it) and call it Warshington! No R in it anywhere!

    User thanked Olychick
  • 8 years ago

    I go back and forth between puh-can and puh-kahn. I don't know why.

    User thanked dedtired
  • 8 years ago
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    I pronounce it pick ahn. I've heard it pronounced pretty much every way that you all have said though.

    User thanked PKponder TX Z7B
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    8 years ago

    Pecon - hear it pronounced both ways here in KY. Whatever way, I want a piece of that pie NOW!

    User thanked Anglophilia
  • 8 years ago

    Pea kahn'.

    User thanked lily316
  • 8 years ago

    Red up the table is short for ready up the table and clear it.

  • 8 years ago

    Red up means clean up in PA Dutch talk. Grandson always makes fun of the way I say wash. Apparently, I put an r in it. My grandmother said outen the lights. The only phrase I say which neighbors in northeast PA where I briefly lived laughed at is...'Come here once'. I still say it.

    User thanked lily316
  • 8 years ago

    Pea-CON. The pie looks luscious.

    User thanked ilovecomputers
  • 8 years ago

    I don't know that I've ever had pecan pie. I know a lot of people make a big deal about it, but I find them kind of disturbing looking for some reason.

    User thanked always1stepbehind
  • 8 years ago

    Most in mid-Tenn say puh- CON, with a HARD accent on the second syllable.

    User thanked KennsWoods
  • 8 years ago

    I say butter pick-ann ice cream...Toronto area.


    User thanked amicus
  • 8 years ago

    I pronounce it Pea-KAHN but would also politely decline a slice. My general rule is no nuts of any kind, ever. Plus given that the rest of the pie is usually just thick, excessively-sweet, goo, the pictured pie doesn't hold any attraction for me at all.

    More for the rest of you.

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