OK, I admit…I’m bored (the 'net’s really quiet on this Thanksgiving Eve). Anyway, I was browsing at Melody’s, and noticed that they make a point of writing “Sweetone” “SweetONE” (i.e., with the last three letters capitalized), from which I assume they pronounce it “Sweet 1.” I’ve always tended to pronounce it “Sweet-tone” (as in “this whistle has a really sweet tone”).
So, I guess I have two questions:
How do YOU pronounce “Sweetone”?
How does Clarke intend for it to be pronounced?
Redwolf
Most people tend to pronounce it “sweet tone,” as evidenced by the fact that it is extremely commonly misspelt that way.
Clarke was making a pun, in running it together thus, so that it could be interpreted either way.
Tough to pronounce now : sweet one, sweet tone ? It’s not an eye candy, but does sound like Aspartam.
I prefer my original Dirty ole tone…
and from now on shall call the plastic one Clarke deGeneration 
[ This Message was edited by: Zubivka on 2002-11-28 04:02 ]
Sweet tone
How many T’s are in the word ??
One you say ?
Then your choices would be:
Sweet-one
-or-
Swee-tone
Put your em-phassus on the other sigh-label.
This may be another episode in: getting the world to pronounce Salmon as Sal-mon and not Samman.
This may be another episode in: getting the world to pronounce Salmon as Sal-mon and not Samman.
I’ve always said Sweet-tone; it never occurred to me that it could be pronounced another way.
About the salmon thing, we who live in the South have a frequent complaint regarding the word “pecan” (puh-KAHN) when it is mispronounced “pee-CAN” (which is something you carry in the back of a pickup for a long trip.)
Best to ya,
–James
http://www.flutesite.com
That was funny, James… I too have a pet-peeve about puh-KAHN vs pee-CAN.
I’ve always pronounced the whistle in question as a sweet-tone.
Off to bake the pumpkin pies and prep the turkey,
Andrea ~*~
I’ve always said “Sweet-tone” too, which is why I was so surprised that Melody’s made the emphasis it did (also unusual for a retailer to write the name of a product other than as the manufacturer writes it). Perhaps someone there is very attached to the “sweet-one” idea and wants to make sure everybody else who visits the site is too.
As far as the “pee-can” thing goes…that’s how they pronounce the name of that nut in NC, so I don’t think it’s a Southern/not-Southern thing so much as a regional thing.
While we’re onto nuts, how do you all pronounce “almond”? My relatives in the San Joaquin Valley, who grow the things, call them “a-mons” (no L).
You say to-may-to, I say to-mah-to 
Redwolf
Sweet tone, for me.
Pee-cans eveywhere in Australia.
Ar-mond everywhere in Australia.
It’s boring here at the moment too.
Another pronunciation pet peeve among North Carolinians is how “outsiders” say “Appalachian.” There it’s “Apple-LATCH-un,” not “Apple-LAY-shun.” I still get funny looks from people here when I refer to such things as “Apple-LATCH-un” dulcimers.
And, of course, today in NC, they’re celebrating “THANKS-givin,” not “thanks-GIV-ing.” I still fall into that one occasionally as well.
It’s funny…10 years in NC, and I’m the only one in the family who picked up any “regionalism” in my speech…of course, the fact that my mom is originally from Alabama may have helped in that regard.
“Ar-mond” huh? Never heard that one.
Ah well…guess it’s time to go downstairs and start making the dressing.
Redwolf
Them fish, I heard it pronounced lox…
Rain and fog out…(yawn)
Believe it or not there was a discussion in our house about pronunciation of the word Pecan just minutes before it read it here. (Boy we all need to get a life, eh?)
I’ve always pronounced it Sweet-tone…
swee tone
Pea khaan
almond
now for the real question… tomaeto or tomaaato? 
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[ This Message was edited by: jeffmiester on 2002-11-28 17:33 ]
How about Salmon versus Saamon…Or coyotee vs. Coyot ..I always say peacon and allmond…Got to love them Phonics…
Well here in PA it’s
SA-mon
apple-AE-shun
ALL-mund
peh-CAN
Toe-mAE-toe or sometime tah-maht-uh
On 2002-11-28 09:30, Tony wrote:
This may be another episode in: getting the world to pronounce Salmon as Sal-mon and not Samman.
Grandma always pronounces it Sal-mon. Not me, though. I say that second one you mention.
On 2002-11-28 11:14, peeplj wrote:
About the salmon thing, we who live in the South have a frequent complaint regarding the word “pecan” (puh-KAHN) when it is mispronounced “pee-CAN” (which is something you carry in the back of a pickup for a long trip.) >
That’s the truth. I always assumed that those in the North didn’t have a great deal of familiarity with them, and were originally trying to pronounce a word they’d only seen written, when they came up with this inappropriate mispronunciation.
::WALDEN::
[ This Message was edited by: Walden on 2002-12-01 19:08 ]
They love 'em but can’t get them fresh the way we can.
If you ever go to Wisconsin, I have it on good authority you’ll be sent home with as much good cheese as you can carry if you arrive with a truckload of pecans.
Best,
–James
http://www.flutesite.com
On 2002-12-01 19:05, Walden wrote:
On 2002-11-28 11:14, peeplj wrote:
About the salmon thing, we who live in the South have a frequent complaint regarding the word “pecan” (puh-KAHN) when it is mispronounced “pee-CAN” (which is something you carry in the back of a pickup for a long trip.) >
That’s the truth. I always assumed that those in the North didn’t have a great deal of familiarity with them, and were originally trying to pronounce a word they’d only seen written, when they came up with this inappropriate mispronunciation.
[ This Message was edited by: peeplj on 2002-12-02 00:08 ]
OK, then how do you pronounce Atchafalaya, as in the river in Louisiana? Here we say it ah-CHAFF-ah-LIE-a. Before moving here I said atch-a-fa-LIE-ah. I say HiMALyas, you say HimaLAYuhs…
Am I contributing to the degeneration of this post…?