Settle the Score
My husband seems to think that "crayon," as in "Crayola Crayon" is pronounced "cray on," as if it were two words, like "go put the cray on the table."
And we all know that it's not two words.
The correct pronunciation of "crayon" is "crown," as in "gimme the brown crown."
Now that we all agree, I'm going to sleep.
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Toby said:
How, then, does one pronounce 'rayon?'
02.23.03 - 09:33 PM / 1April said:
And may you dream in Crayola color.
02.23.03 - 09:34 PM / 2dooce said:
"rayon" is pronounced "rown," of course.
02.23.03 - 09:34 PM / 3Richard Barkins said:
How about we forget the whole crayon thing and dream of me?
02.23.03 - 09:47 PM / 4Summer said:
Cray. On. Definately Cray-on.
02.23.03 - 09:57 PM / 5Kayt said:
In the Midwest (where I spent the first 17 years of my life), crayon is pronounced "cran"-- no long A sound, no O. Pretty scary, huh? And don't even get me started on how to pronouce "coupon" and "milk"!
02.23.03 - 10:11 PM / 6Agatha said:
Cray-ola cray-ons are cray-zy!
02.23.03 - 10:11 PM / 7the mighty jimbo said:
dooce, take out the needle, and go get help.
(ya know, she is still the motherfucking greatest even when she is completely fucking wrong. )
02.23.03 - 10:14 PM / 8Katie said:
I so agree with your husband.
02.23.03 - 10:36 PM / 9megchem said:
djblur is in the right...sorry? Next thing you know...roooof is ruf and Flooorida is Flarda....wtf?
02.23.03 - 11:12 PM / 10megchem said:
Oh yeah I almost forgot...doooorothy would be darthy.... huh...
02.23.03 - 11:14 PM / 11JoeBillionaire said:
Damn... there are surveys done on everything.
http://hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/
dialect/staticmaps/q_9.html
02.23.03 - 11:19 PM / 12Grace said:
I'm with Kayt and Cran, like Cran-Berry. I've never heard anything funny with the word milk but if people can warp "forty" into "farty" then I guess anything's possible.
02.23.03 - 11:34 PM / 13Janice said:
no no, crayon is most definetly not pronounced "crown" there was a girl in my grade two class that always said it that way and it made me mad. I don't know why, but it did. crayon should be pronounced crayon, no silly spaces inbetween or shortening.. craayooon. whew. sorry, i have word issues i think
02.23.03 - 11:37 PM / 14Grace said:
Maybe it's more like Cray-In. Yeah, that's more like it.
02.23.03 - 11:38 PM / 15shem said:
For what it's worth, I'm British and I say definitely "crown".
02.23.03 - 11:49 PM / 16Dyanna said:
I, too, agree with Hubby.
02.24.03 - 12:11 AM / 17Kate said:
Crown. Definitely. Anything else is wrong.
02.24.03 - 01:00 AM / 18superstar said:
It is totally a Crown!!!!
02.24.03 - 04:30 AM / 19wino said:
Somebody gots some "Crown"?
02.24.03 - 05:07 AM / 20e said:
I vote cray-on. And for christ's sake - gif, not jif. sheesh...
02.24.03 - 05:18 AM / 21ryan said:
Crayola make cray-ons, not crowns ;)
02.24.03 - 05:27 AM / 22Ismat said:
Dooce, I love you and all, but really, it's not "crown." Or "cran," for my fellow midwesterners.
It is CRAY-ON.
02.24.03 - 05:29 AM / 23Paul Gutman said:
I'm with Blurb on this one. For agreement's sake, I just say "pass me the turquoise one, asshole."
02.24.03 - 05:30 AM / 24presley said:
my aunts favorite crayon color is carmel pecan mayonnaise
02.24.03 - 05:31 AM / 25MovieGirl said:
In the midwest Crayon is pronounced "Cran", but Rayon is "Ray-on."
02.24.03 - 05:39 AM / 26pinky said:
OK, I am from the midwest, so I know its cray-ahn, cou-pahn, and mulk. Also, Alan Thicke's TV show is called "Groin Pains."
02.24.03 - 05:47 AM / 27antisocial diva said:
i am one of the "cray on" folks.
02.24.03 - 05:49 AM / 28aubs said:
Cran. As in Cranberry juice. Cranberry colored Crans are good too...
02.24.03 - 06:08 AM / 29Keri said:
Damn... Now you've got me sitting at my computer saying to myself, "Crayon...? Craaaaan. Cra-ahn..." over and over like a mental patient.
02.24.03 - 06:12 AM / 30