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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHow do you know pronounce Caribbean?
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#1 cari.bbEan - emphasis on the E. Like saying the name Ian
#2 caribb.ean - slight emphasis on the beginning
Which do you say. Where are you from?
I say #2 and I'm from North East North America, Vancouver Canada specifically.
Which is more common in the Caribbean itself, or does it vary by location?
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cari.bbEan - emphasis on the E. Like saying the name Ian | |
4 (36%) |
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caribb.ean - slight emphasis on the beginning | |
1 (9%) |
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I use both. | |
6 (55%) |
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HipChick
(25,485 posts)YARD by the locals...
West Indies by the British..
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Locut0s
(6,154 posts)Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)Or mood. Or something. But I know I use both.
elleng
(131,292 posts)From NE U.S., New York.
Same here. Also from NY.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)nolabear
(42,001 posts)LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)elleng
(131,292 posts)MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)Philly.
n/t
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)sarge43
(28,946 posts)Speech pattern: Northern Midwest
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)I use both. No good reason other than how the mood strikes me.
I am western Massachusetts born and bred
Danmel
(4,933 posts)NY.city native. How do you say New Orleans? New or-lins.
I am assured by my Tulane grad daughter that natives never say Nawlins.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)in Japanese (Kari- bu- kai)
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)Downstate NY.
Rhiannon12866
(206,601 posts)olddots
(10,237 posts)Chuck Berry lyric but the possessive would be Car-ib-ean wouldn't it ? don't ask me I'm less than functionally illiterate .
Philly area here-
I use Ca-rib-ee-an when referring to the area (we vacationed on a Caribbean island)
and Car ib-ian for culture (we enjoy Caribbean music)
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)well, 20 minutes if they'd let me drive right up to the ride entrance - 3 hours if you count waiting in line to get into the parking lot and then into the park and then walking to the ride and then waiting in line for the ride...
but I always say Pirates of the Care-ah-BE-an. If I'm not talking about the ride then I say ca-ribby-an.
I don't like that they updated it to include the movies. I like the movies but I liked my ride old-school. Haunted Mansion is the best ride anyway.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)shanti
(21,675 posts)I said it like #1. I moved to Cali and everyone said it like #2. Go figure.