Cray-on or Cran? (Pronunciation)

[renz20003]

As in these guys

 

[Thebobo]

I always said Crayons

 

[FeuerFrei]

"Lasts 35% longer"
Sounds like they cheaped out on the crayon formula. Less wax transfer to paper per stroke? Possibleh.
I suppose they could just be fatter/longer.

Cray-ons

 

[Red Squirrel]

Anyone who says "cran" is probably referring to it as an ingredient for some kind of street drug. "We need some more cran yo! And I got us some sudo!"

 

[lxskllr]

WTF is cran?! Sounds like some kind of hillbilly dialect. Crā ahn is how I say it.

 

[brianmanahan]

it's cray-ens

 

[IronWing]

Cran is correct. Cray-on is mor-on.

 

[brianmanahan]

 

[IronWing]

My wife says she grew up pronouncing it "crown". She's from NOVA.

 

[PottedMeat]

took me a few seconds to find the green between wisconsin and minnesota

 

[interchange]

My wife says she grew up pronouncing it "crown". She's from NOVA.

My wife is from Tampa and says it this way. I razz her for it and she tries to say Cray-on like sane people but can't.

 

[Ken g6]

On!

 

[BoomerD]

I spent all my life in states that are one form of blue or the other on that map, and it's ALWAYS been "cray-on" never "cran," "crown," or any.ofher retarded version. Kint youse fucki g peeples reed?

 

[vi edit]

Central IL - Crown

 

[Thebobo]

Another word like that is Cow. Some say Caow.

 

[tynopik]

i don't understand the difference between cray-ahn and cray-awn

 

[momeNt]

Spaghetti or Sketti?

 

[Thebobo]

Spaghetti or Sketti?

Reminds me when I was like 5 years old and had a hard time with Ps, so I use to say Sketti or the like.

 

[Paratus]

Cran is correct. Cray-on is mor-on.

 

[JM Aggie08]

There are two types of people. Those that pronounce it Cray-on, and those that are wrong.

How do you derive 'Cran' out of the word Crayon? Even as nonsensical as the English language can be, it simply does not make sense in any way, shape, or form.

 

[Ken g6]

This must come from the same people who renamed crayfish "crawfish".

 

[IronWing]

This must come from the same people who renamed crayfish "crawfish".

What's weird about crayfish is that in the brief time of my childhood the local pronunciation changed from cray to craw. Crawdads caught on, at least.

 

[Oyeve]

I got my valentimes day cran!

 

[snoopy7548]

There are two types of people. Those that pronounce it Cray-on, and those that are wrong.

How do you derive 'Cran' out of the word Crayon? Even as nonsensical as the English language can be, it simply does not make sense in any way, shape, or form.

I can see how people might slur the "y" and "on" together. Like saying cray-an but as one syllable.

 

[PJFrylar]

I can see how people might slur the "y" and "on" together. Like saying cray-an but as one syllable.

That's pretty much what I do.