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Mystified 13-06-2007 06:36 AM

How do you pronounce and what do you say?
 
How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?)

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?)

Aunt (like ant or like want)

Is it Soda or Pop?

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw?

Is it a sofa or couch?

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale?

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes?

KMS 13-06-2007 07:43 AM

Caramel (2 syllables)

Creek (rhymes with meek)

Aunt (like want)

Soda

a see-saw

couch

a garage sale

sneakers

Pointless 13-06-2007 06:40 PM

Caramel - Cah-rah-mel, 3.

Creek rhymes with meek.

Aunt, like ant.

Is it Soda or Pop? Neither. Soft drink/fizzy drink. :P

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? See-saw!

Is it a sofa or couch? Either.

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Neither! Jumble sale.

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? Neither! Trainers.

inkyspider 13-06-2007 06:43 PM

How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?) 3

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?) meek

Aunt (like ant or like want) want

Is it Soda or Pop? soda

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? both

Is it a sofa or couch? both

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? garage sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? sneakers

griddlebone 13-06-2007 06:47 PM

[quote=Bro//ken_Angel;62458]How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?)3

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?)meek

Aunt (like ant or like want)want

Is it Soda or Pop?fizzy drink!

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw?see-saw

Is it a sofa or couch?sofa or setee

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale?jumble sale :P

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes?trainers

chingas 13-06-2007 06:55 PM

Caramel (3 syllables)

Creek (rhymes with meek)

Aunt (want)

Is it Soda or Pop? Soda

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? O__o

Is it a sofa or couch? couch

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Garage sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? you mean trainers, right?

crazykat 13-06-2007 06:58 PM

Caramel (2 syllables)

Creek (rhymes with meek)

Aunt (want)

Is it Soda or Pop? Soda

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? see-saw

Is it a sofa or couch? couch

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Garage sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? sneakers

PointeLullaby 23-12-2010 01:24 AM

How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?) Two syllables

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?) Both actually. Depends on if I'm saying it in the name of a place vs the body of water

Aunt (like ant or like want) Ant.. like the little things that crawl around

Is it Soda or Pop? Soda

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? Teeter-totter

Is it a sofa or couch? Couch

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Rummage sale. But I've used both before.

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? Tennis shoes.. but I say tenna shoes.

Haleigh.xx 23-12-2010 01:28 AM

Caramel (2 syllables)

Creek (rhymes with meek)

Aunt (ant)

Is it Soda or Pop? Soda

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? both

Is it a sofa or couch? couch

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Garage sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? sneakers

Sefka 23-12-2010 03:00 AM

How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?) 3

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?) meek

Aunt (like ant or like want) either, depends who I'm talking to.

Is it Soda or Pop? Pop

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? See-saw

Is it a sofa or couch? Sofa

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Jumble sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? Trainers

:D

The Ashtray Girl 23-12-2010 11:16 AM

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?)
3.

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?)
Meek.

Aunt (like ant or like want)
Want.

Is it Soda or Pop?
I use both interchangably.

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw?
See-saw.

Is it a sofa or couch?
Sofa.

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale?
Garage sale.

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes?
I usually refer to them as Trainers.

RubyTuesday 03-01-2011 08:18 PM

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?) 3 Syllables

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?) Creek rhymes with meek

Aunt (like ant or like want) Aunt sounds like ant

Is it Soda or Pop? Pop

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? See-saw

Is it a sofa or couch? Sofa

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Garage Sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? Neither, its trainers

sherbet lemon 03-01-2011 08:29 PM

How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?)
car-mill (2)
Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?)
creek (meek)
Aunt (like ant or like want)
ant
Is it Soda or Pop?
neither i call it juice ( and i no that juice isnt fizzy lol)
Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw?
see saw
Is it a sofa or couch?
neither settee
Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale?
garage sale
Is it sneakers or tennis shoes?
neither trainers


lol yes i no that im odd im irish :p

MissBakesMissStakes 04-01-2011 12:41 AM

How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?)- 2

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?)- rhymes with meek

Aunt (like ant or like want)- rhymes with ant

Is it Soda or Pop?- pop

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? see-saw occasionally teeter-totter

Is it a sofa or couch? mostly couch, sometimes sofa

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? garage sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? tennis shoes


It's also a buggy, not a cart. :whistling:

Entropy 04-01-2011 01:03 AM

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?) three

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?) rhymes with meek

Aunt (like ant or like want) neither, its like the sound in "heart"

Is it Soda or Pop? neither, it just gets called by its name or "fizzy drink"

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? see-saw

Is it a sofa or couch? sofa

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? i guess it would be a garage sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? trainers...

lizliz 04-01-2011 05:36 AM

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?) TWO

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?) Rhymes with meek

Aunt (like ant or like want) sounds just like ANT

Is it Soda or Pop? Both actually. I used to be a strict POP person..but after living on the east coast for a few years SODA made its way into my dictionary.

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? BOTH.

Is it a sofa or couch? EITHER

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? GARAGE SALE.

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? TENNIS SHOES!

Buttons. 04-01-2011 08:10 AM

How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?) 3

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?) Rhymes with meek.

Aunt (like ant or like want) Ant.

Is it Soda or Pop? Neither, it's a soft drink.

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? See-saw.

Is it a sofa or couch? Sofa.

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Jumble sale or car-boot sale.

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? Neither, they're trainers.

Starless 03-03-2011 06:40 AM

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?)
3.

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?)
Meek.

Aunt (like ant or like want)
Ant.

Is it Soda or Pop?
Pop.

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw?
Teeter-totter.

Is it a sofa or couch?
Couch.

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale?
Garage sale.

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes?
Running Shoes.

Eccentrics 03-03-2011 06:37 PM

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?)
3

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?)
Meek

Aunt (like ant or like want)
Ant, but sometimes Want if I've been listening to somebody who sounds posh.

Is it Soda or Pop?
Pop

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw?
See-Saw

Is it a sofa or couch?
I say either :P

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale?
Garage Sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes?
Trainers :)

Ardea 04-03-2011 06:11 AM

How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel: 2 syllables, carm-url (it looks really weird written out, but that's how it sounds lol).

Creek: rhymes with meek.

Aunt: just like ant.

Is it Soda or Pop? Coke (not just coca colas - all soda is called Coke in Texas), but if I had to pick one: Soda.

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? Both.

Is it a sofa or couch? Couch normally, but also sofa a lot.

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Garage Sale.

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? I say "tenna-shoes", but sometimes sneakers.

Drewbles 04-03-2011 06:24 AM

How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel: 3 syllables

Creek: like meek

Aunt: ant

Is it Soda or Pop? pop

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? teeter totter

Is it a sofa or couch? couch.. but chesterfield is not unheard of. =p

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Garage Sale or yard sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? sneakers usually refer to converse or chuck taylors. otherwise they're just all called shoes, or runners

needle girl 28-03-2011 02:43 AM

Caramel: 2 syllables

Creek: rhymes with meek Why would it rhyme with kick?

Aunt: like ant

Is it Soda or Pop? Soda, though I'll occassionally say pop, as my gradma does

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? Both.

Is it a sofa or couch? Both, though I tend to say couch more often

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Garage or yard

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? Sneakers or gym shoes

Kawasaki_2011 28-03-2011 02:52 AM

Caramel: 2 syllables

Creek: rhymes with meek

Aunt: like ant

Is it Soda or Pop? Soda

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? teeter-totter

Is it a sofa or couch? Couch

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Yard sale season is almost heeeeere!!!

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? Running or tennis shoes.. usually referred to as my "not boots foot things"

forever_lost 28-03-2011 03:00 AM

Caramel: 2 syllables
Creek: rhymes with meek
Aunt: rhymes with ant
Is it Soda or Pop? soda
Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? see-saw
Is it a sofa or couch? couch
Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? either..depends if its in the garage lol.
Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? tennis shoes...sometimes tennies.

akita 28-03-2011 03:48 PM

Caramel: 3 syllables
Creek: Rhymes with Sleek
Aunt: Arent
Is it Soda or Pop? Soft drink
Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? See Saw
Is it a sofa or couch? Couch
Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Garage Sale
Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? Runners

ASkatersDream... 28-03-2011 04:40 PM

Caramel: 3 syllables
Creek: Rhymes with Sleek
Aunt: Arent
Is it Soda or Pop? pop
Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? See Saw
Is it a sofa or couch? sofa
Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Garage Sale
Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? trainers

MaybeNotForever 28-03-2011 06:08 PM

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?) 3 syllables.

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?) Rhymes with meek.

Aunt (like ant or like want) Like "aw"nt. Sorta.

Is it Soda or Pop? Fizzy drink.

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? See-saw.

Is it a sofa or couch? Sofa!

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Garage sale.

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? Trainers!!!

-Shae-Lynn* 28-03-2011 06:17 PM

Caramel= 3 syllables
Creek rhymes with meek
Aunt like the bug (although some aunts are aunties, again like the bug... Ant-ies)
I say:
Pop, not soda.
Teeter-totter AND see-saw. I go back and forth.
Usually couch, unless it is a very nice couch when it magically becomes a sofa.
I either say garage sale or yard sale.
Running shoes, not sneakers or tennis shoes.

I also say:
Poh-TAY-toe not Poh-TAT-toe
Ta-MAY-toe not Toe-MAH-toe
:)

*Decaying Daisy* 29-03-2011 09:25 PM

Caramel: Ca-ra-mel
Creek: Rhymes with cheek.
Aunt: “Arnt”
Is it Soda or Pop? Neither.
Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? See-Saw.
Is it a sofa or couch? Sofa.

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale?
Garage Sale.
Is it sneakers or tennis shoes?
Trainers.

lifeasasymptom 30-03-2011 12:20 AM

How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?) Car-uh-mel. 3 syllables.

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?) Rhymes with meek.

Aunt (like ant or like want) Um, I don't get the want/aunt thing. I pronounce it like arnt... is that the same as the want way?

Is it Soda or Pop? soft-drink

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? See-saw. Definitely!

Is it a sofa or couch? I say both...

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Garage sale.

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? Runners!

Erica. 31-03-2011 06:32 PM

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?) Car-Mel
Creek: Meek
Aunt: Ant
Is it Soda or Pop? Soda
Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? teater totter
Is it a sofa or couch? Sofa
Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? Garage Sale
Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? I just call it 'shoes.'

SavingGrace 01-04-2011 09:16 AM

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?)
2 syllables

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?)
Rhymes with Meek

Aunt (like ant or like want)
Aunt like want

Is it Soda or Pop?
Its neither, Its called what it is.... Coke, Fanta, Lemoande etc.

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw?
See-Saw

Is it a sofa or couch?
Couch.

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale?
Garage.

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes?
For me, Trainers or Runners, Sometimes Sports shoes....

JaffaKayk 01-04-2011 09:42 AM

How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?) ca-ra-mel so 3

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?) rhymes with meek

Aunt (like ant or like want) ant

Is it Soda or Pop? neither, i call it juice

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? see=saw

Is it a sofa or couch? couch

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? car boot sale?

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? trainers or gutties

Lluviazul 02-04-2011 03:40 AM

How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel 3 syllables


Creek rhymes with meek

Aunt ant

Is it Soda or Pop? soda

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? see-saw

Is it a sofa or couch? sofa

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? garage sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? sneakers

OceanBlues 05-04-2011 11:42 PM

How do you pronounce these words?

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?) car - mel 2 syyllables

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?) rhymes with meek

Aunt (like ant or like want) ant but I say aunty as in ant - tea

Is it Soda or Pop? neither, i call it fizzy drinks or by the brand name

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? see=saw

Is it a sofa or couch? couch

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? car boot sale?

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? runners

shadow-light 06-04-2011 12:00 AM

Caramel (2 syllables or 3?) 3

Creek (rhymes with meek or rhymes with kick?) rhymes with meek

Aunt (like ant or like want) ant

Is it Soda or Pop? not sure that i have ever said either... usually just use brand names

Is it a teeter-totter or a see-saw? see-saw (I wasn't aware that a teeter-totter was the same thing :ermm: I thought it was one of those things that you sit on on top of like a giant spring)

Is it a sofa or couch? once again not sure i have ever used either word... I would normally say seat or chair for anything that you sit on

Is it a garage sale or a rummage sale? garage sale

Is it sneakers or tennis shoes? neither... trainers I guess?


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