How do you pronounce "aunt"?

[xjillianpaige]

Ah-nt and I'm from outside of Boston.

 

[kinntj]

Ah-nt Upper Michigan. When I moved and heard Ant for the first time I laughed because it sounds funny. I was young then and I wondered why someone would title someone after a pest. I hear it both ways but was raised on ah-nt.

 

[MrsJackSparrow4Life]

Ant Boise Idaho my entire life.

 

[scrapquitler]

And where are you from?

I'm from CT, and everyone in my family says ANT We also say Q-pon instead of coo-pon when we want to clip the silly things to save money.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

Ant. Raised in South Dakota but lived here in Colorado MUCH longer. Sister in law from Kansas says ah-nt.

 

[Mokat76]

Ant, from St. Louis MO

 

[GaSleepingBeautyFan]

Ant - born in PA.
But when I was 13 was moved to MN where it's pronounced Ah-nt. At least that's the way the folks I know in MN pronounced it.

I got teased alot when we moved from the east coast to the midwest for my accent. I had someone tell me I was stupid for pronouncing Ant the way I did.
By then I was over it and I told them nope - they were just backwards. The teasing stopped not long after that comment.

 

[goofyernmost]

I was taught that it was pronounced Ant. My kids for some unexplainable reason pronounce it Ah-nt. My wife was from Quebec and she went with Ah-ntee! I suspect that is why my kids go with Ah-nt!

 

[DaisyJ]

I say ant, my children say ahnt.

 

[Skippy918]

I voted other because I live in NH but my mom's side of the family lives in Ky so we call them ants. My Ah-nt lives in Mass and she is my Ah-nt. As a child she would get mad at me if I called her ant because she would say, "I'm not that thing that lives on the ground." It is defiantly a regional thing. My nephew and nieces that live in NH also call me Ah-nt or Ah-nt-e.

Dh is from Massachusetts and to him and his family it's Ahnt-y. I am referred to as ahnt-y by my niece and nephew who live in New England. As a former NYer, I use the ant pronunciation.

 

[Skippy918]

Pecan is another one. I always referred to it as a pe-can, but down south it's pe-cahn.

 

[22Tink]

Ant. I'm from British Columbia, Canada.

 

[Uncranky Donald]

Ah-nt. I am from south west CT but I don't really think it's determined by region as different members of my own family say it differently. My mother says Ant. My niece and nephew call me Ah-nt. My grandmother says Ant.... I personally just think Ant sounds like a nasally vocal spasm lol, and Ah-nt always sounded nicer to me. Though I do call one Aunt "Ant Anne" because its just easier to pronounce that way, more fluid

 

[magicmommy]

Ah-nt
Boston

 

[sonnyjane]

Ahnt. Family from rural western PA. We have other weird ones too. We pronounce "won" like "Juan", not "one". And "melkshake" etc. I didn't think I was weird until I moved to the west coast and everyone pointed it out.

 

[macraven]

Ant
Illinois born and raised

Moved to Georgia and still say


And so do the others here

 

[MinnieMouse84]

Ant. From the midwest.

 

[mamamary]

Ant, from NY

 

[mom2rtk]

I only say ahnt when I'm pretending to be hoity toity.

 

[disneypofq05]

Ant from NY!