Worse, the snippet I heard sounded like George W saying it.
That said, I say cray-on, but usually bend the on to sound a bit more like un, giving "cray-uhn" unless I'm very tired, in which case the southern roots (now dyed left-coast color) come out and it becomes "cray-yawn."
(I have been know to slip and say things like HO-tell and PO-lease).
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Christie found the one site on the net that agrees with her. Must be true!!!!
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Crayon
Darren,
We shall let the voices of our readers decide!
Worse, the snippet I heard sounded like George W saying it.
That said, I say cray-on, but usually bend the on to sound a bit more like un, giving "cray-uhn" unless I'm very tired, in which case the southern roots (now dyed left-coast color) come out and it becomes "cray-yawn."
(I have been know to slip and say things like HO-tell and PO-lease).
I say it with a long, drawn out syllable that makes it nearly 1.5 syllables long.
It's totally cray'-on. People who say otherwise are cray'-zee.
cray-on
I say cran-but I'm a mid-west girl. You should poll how people say Oregon...
or-gun
or
Or-e-gon
hmmm....
Well, "awr-i-guhn" is pretty close, although to me it's more like "or-uh-gun". Never or-ah-gone. yikes!
Audio here: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Oregon
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