All right, what is the correct pronounciation of "salmon?"

[Pam]

We say sammon.

 

[Geoff_M]

I've only heard "Sam-min" for the fish, however I have a co-worker whose last name is spelled Salmon and it's pronounced "Sal-mon".

 

[disykat]

Sal-mon is wrong, despite it's spelling - but the one that confuses me is AH-mond. We say Ah-mond, but the people who actually grow them say am-mond. I think both ways are right. It makes since that if Salmon is sammin, that almond would be ammin - but that's not the way we say it.

 

[Frantasmic]

sammin as in


Sammin me are fixin' to go to the store.

 

[The LK 4]

LOL - this sounds like my MIL! She says "asparagRus" and "aluNinum foil".

She also speaks true Pittsburghese - yinz, dahntahn, n'at, hahse, worsh, etc. Oh yeah, plenty of "We was" too! It makes me cringe!

 

[cinmell]

Sammin.

 

[ilovepcot]

Noel.

I actually have heard the "L" in salmon pronounced quite a bit in the south.

 

[Tarheel Tink]

No L. The only person I heard say it that way was a young co-worker who also asked me what a crewdite was. Huh? Turns out it was crudite, LOL!

 

[VSL]

Sal-mon is wrong, despite it's spelling - but the one that confuses me is AH-mond. We say Ah-mond, but the people who actually grow them say am-mond. I think both ways are right. It makes since that if Salmon is sammin, that almond would be ammin - but that's not the way we say it.

Almond is 'al-mund' here.

I've never heard of someone saying 'sal-mon' though!

'Aluminum' [aluminium] bugs me as well, as well as 'carmel' [caramel] - but I've only heard those pronuciations in the US.

But loads of grammatical type things bug me (even though I probably make plenty mistakes myself - so I don't correct people for them because they could just as easily get me!).

 

[kelleigh1]

I'm with VSL, some pronunciations make me cringe.

Hubby likes "yous". Um, you plural is still you. Yesterday he called a local restaurant because we were trying to figure out where it was located and he actually said "where are yous located?"

 

[Jpgirl]

Ok I was thrown off by Coumadin and Cumin. How do you pronounce those? I pronounce it coo (hard c, soft u) too. Everyone I know prounounces those words that way . But the rest of what she pronounces is way off. I could maybe see Sallllmon if she was from Texas (Hi Brerabbit) but I don't really hear a distictive lll even here.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Jpgirl, I think you misunderstood what I was saying. She doesn't even use all 3 syllables. Saying it "Coo-madin" is right, SHE calls it "Coo-min." Not even close!!

 

[SplshMtn99]

sammon. Although really it sounds more like sam-min when I say it

I agree. sam-min. Must be us New Englanders.

 

[TruBlu]

Someone from the South here... It is saLmon, and it isn't good unless you mix it up with a bunch of Dukes mayo, onions and crackers and fry up some saLmon patties! Then you pour on the apple cider vinegar.... yummy!!!

 

[brerrabbit]

Hi Jpgirl!

Okay, how about this one. We had Pecan pie for somebody's birthday to day at work. How do you pronounce pecan?

 

[goofygirl]

Pee Can pie.

Ever see the Seinfeld where Kramer thinks he saw SALmon Rushdie in the health club? I remember Jerry saying something like "That's SALmon, not SAMmon, you idiot!"

 

[oxfordcircus]

Hi Jpgirl!

Okay, how about this one. We had Pecan pie for somebody's birthday to day at work. How do you pronounce pecan?

pu CAHN - that "u" is a schwa "e"

Do pecan trees grow outside the south? We have so many groves around here it makes me think they only grow in warmer climates. If that's the case, I say we get to name it.

 

[TheDisneyTraveler06]

I saw "SALmon" .. Must be a Southern thang..?! LOL

(I also say "PEE-CAN...)

 

[my4kids]

oops double post

 

[my4kids]

I say sah-min. Sam-min (as in the mans name) drives me nuts.
My southern country -boy father says sAL-mon. Then he dumps a can of it on top of saltine crackers made mushy from pouring hotmilk,butter and pepper on top. and calls it "sAL-mon and crackers" YUCK. Then he eats it at his maHAULgony table, that the rest of the world would call a ma-hah-gun-ee

He would have Pee-Can pie for dessert. While I would be having Pa-cahn pie.