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09-29-2005, 04:35 PM
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How do you pronounce it...
this is something Mary Anne (Animal) and I joke about all the time so I want to ask you guys. How do you pronounce it, aunt or ant? I sound it out like ant, as do a lot of people I know, she pronounces it aunt. So how do you?
Sorry if this has been posted/asked before, I miss all the good topics 
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09-29-2005, 04:52 PM
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Aunt. Definitely.
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09-29-2005, 04:56 PM
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Ant. Definately.
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09-29-2005, 04:58 PM
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ant.
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09-29-2005, 05:29 PM
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i say ant. isn't aunt the way the british and/or the australians pronounce it usually?
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09-29-2005, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Star
i say ant. isn't aunt the way the british and/or the australians pronounce it usually?
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Yes on both counts...
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09-29-2005, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Luba
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Originally Posted by Star
i say ant. isn't aunt the way the british and/or the australians pronounce it usually?
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Yes on both counts...
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But since I'm NEITHER of those....I say Ant. 
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09-29-2005, 08:59 PM
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Ant as far as I know.
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09-29-2005, 09:14 PM
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Oddly enough....the only people that I've ever heard pronouce it differently from Ant in the US were the black people....so I thought it was just their version of it. I'm so stupid.......... 
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09-29-2005, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Merika
I'm so stupid.......... 
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No argument here.
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09-30-2005, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Duke
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Originally Posted by Merika
I'm so stupid.......... 
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No argument here.
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Sorry, but there is a disagreement here; I think Merika is very wise and a great person!!!
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09-30-2005, 02:12 PM
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Hmm interesting, thanks for the responses guys!
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09-30-2005, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Luba
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Originally Posted by Duke
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Originally Posted by Merika
I'm so stupid.......... 
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No argument here.
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Sorry, but there is a disagreement here; I think Merika is very wise and a great person!!!
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I didn't know you smoked Luba, because I have no idea where you're getting your smoke from to blow up Merikas arse 
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09-30-2005, 03:52 PM
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