Do you pronounce the word aunt like "ant" or "awnt"?

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Awnt 212
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  • blurch

    I pronounce it "free food".

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    • LtMkilla

      LMAO

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    • RealisticHonesty

      lol

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  • I pronounce it "arnt"

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    • Tajwiggy

      Same!

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      • MarkGibbons

        I third that notion! >Australian<

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    • disthing

      Me too. Arnt, not Awnt or Ant.

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  • Ankoku

    I say "hey, lady..."

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  • ludicrousdream

    WTF @ the people who say "arnt". What is that? Why? It's like arse. Ugh, it annoys me so much. It's ass, AAASS.

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    • disthing

      Where are you from? I'm from the UK, that's how a lot of people say it in the midlands and south here (they say 'ant' up north). It would sound weird if you had a London accent and said 'anty'.

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      • RealisticHonesty

        Yes, you must take in account other accents.

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    • FUCK_SCHOOL_x

      I guess they're chinese..

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    • BlueAlice

      Only because you're not from the UK......

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  • voldemortal

    Like "aren't"

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  • ratsrgood123

    I Say "you dumb ass bitch, get your fatass back here!"

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  • Thecount28

    Awnt

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  • RandomUserofIsItNormal

    I pronounce it as awnt, but whenever I see me aunt I always call her by her name. Same thing for my uncle. I don't know why, I hear that you shouldn't address them simply by their name, but instead as Aunt [insert Name] or Uncle [Insert Name] but I never have done that. Maybe I'm weird? Hmm.

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    • RealisticHonesty

      I sometimes do that if I'm really close to them.

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  • aiastasna

    Antie

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  • unt , im in therapy

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    • RealisticHonesty

      ?? O_o

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      • dontlookatmenow

        LOL dev :)

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  • TheProph

    I'm white, therefore I say "ant" but I really can't judge someone for pronouncing a words a certain way.

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  • loopoo

    ARNT. init.

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  • Unimportant

    I say "end".

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  • Valetion

    I say hello Tante Jacqueline. Don't use the English word.

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  • ant and if i had a granddad i would call him grandpa i wish i could see a picture of my grandpa but nobody has any of him, i have one blood uncle and alot of half blooded uncles on my moms side of the family but i have more Indian blood in me than white because of the color of my skin.

    family i don't see alot i call them by their names because they are not like my family they don't act like family on my moms and dads side of the family even know me and my dads brother argue alot he is still blood and thats it.

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  • BlueAlice

    I pronounce it the same way that most people would say aren't [as in the word!]

    I however, refer to them as Aunt[ie]/Aunt and their name.

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  • Snowmine

    I sometimes say it both ways. It just depends, I guess.

    Never heard of "arnt" though, pretty... interesting. xD

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    • RealisticHonesty

      "Arnt" isn't pronounced the American way. It's pronounced the British way. It sounds almost like awnt to us, so don't think of it as a hard American R like I was mistakenly doing :P

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  • IINtobeaninjasquirrel?

    I dont have any aunts but I would say their name.

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    • RealisticHonesty

      Oh, really? Huh.

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  • seali001

    Ant

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  • UliNalaMansae

    i say tita, (taglish :D)

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    • RealisticHonesty

      Cool! :D

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  • Rhuarc

    saying it like awnt pisses me off

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  • ya-lyublyu-tebya

    I say Arnt.

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  • karmasAbich

    I say awnt.

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  • i call my aunt tia.

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    • disthing

      EspaƱol?

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      • k k no im just joking

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      • Yeah i know Spanish.

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  • hasty

    Both. I use 'ant' informally for one of my aunts, aunt I use formally.

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  • Jessie735513

    I say Arnt

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    • HarringtonMD

      haha why do you add in the 'r" where there is none--do you say "George WaRshington" and " hanRdbag?"
      cause I know some people who do.
      dont understand it myself...
      'ant.

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      • Tajwiggy

        I think Americans can't under stand us saying arnt, because you guys tend to pronounce your r's alot clearer. When I say arnt I pronounce it as aaaa+nt

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        • RealisticHonesty

          I study phonetics and you're right. In fact most European accents are non-rhotic, so, in fact, it's not proonounced "arnt" but more as an elongated vowel.

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      • Jessie735513

        I only add an r in aunt :)

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  • detroitlove81

    untie marcy
    aunt Yvonne
    untie sharon

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  • Ount.

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    • RealisticHonesty

      Really?

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      • Reely.

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  • I_steal_free_bread

    I call my aunt "mothers sister". For an example if she visits me I would say hi mothers sister! How are you?

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    • RealisticHonesty

      That's different :P

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  • dappled

    Most people are somewhere on the scale between Awnt and Ant but my accent goes right past Ant and carries on sailing until it sounds like a dull thud of a word. Same as flan and milan. I say both of them quickly and with no vowel sounds whatsoever.

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    • An'

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      • RealisticHonesty

        How does one pronounce the apostrophe in "An'"? I assume with a glottal stop?

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        • yeah you're right :)

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      • dappled

        Hehe, bang on. But then you've probably got a similarish accent to mine. Hmm, unless you've picked up any Sheila.

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        • No I haven't actually. I'm sure the Aussy accent is the hardest in the world. I can't even do an impression of it. Not that I am very good at other accents, but I don't know where to start with this one!

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          • dappled

            Weirdly, I can do a few of the Aussie accents and the NZ one too, which amuses me endlessly for its stubby vowels. I was watching a commentator on the Rugby world cup and he said France played with "tempo and ruthm". I grinned like a Cheshire cat.

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            • Hivn. Lol. Have you seen heavenly creatures? True story - good film. It's an oldie with a younger Kate Winslet in it. She's so hot.

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    • RealisticHonesty

      I've never heard that before! Interesting!

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