> And, yes, some geographically impoverished people pronounce "pecan" like
> it's something kept by the bed and emptied in the morning. Really
> disgusting.
Just curious -- how else would you pronounce it?
Like the first part of peckin'?
Like bacon, but with a P instead of a B?
Like piquant, but without the trailing t?
I'm sure there's more ways to mutilate the vowels, but my imagination ran
out..
-- dan
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