How do you pronounce Halloween?

[leebee]

Since the word "halloween" is a contraction of "Hallow's Eve," the night before the Christian holy day, "All Hallow's Day," It'd think it should be pronounced HAL-oween, like you'd say hallow.

 

[msjprincess]

Since the word "halloween" is a contraction of "Hallow's Eve," the night before the Christian holy day, "All Hallow's Day," It'd think it should be pronounced HAL-oween, like you'd say hallow.

How do you pronounce Christmas?

 

[MattsPrincess]

Like a PP, I say it in a way that sounds like the beginning of hollow, which does sound different than the way I pronounce the word haul. Not a lot, but noticeable. I'm from Michigan.

 

[Diznygrl]

Maybe it is an accent thing. I pronounce it HOLL-oween. Like Hollow. To me haul sounds like HALL. Or I should say that I say it like HALL.

Must be. To me the "holl" in hollow sounds exactly the same as hall and haul. I guess I probably should have just went with "hollow" for the poll instead of haul.

Since the word "halloween" is a contraction of "Hallow's Eve," the night before the Christian holy day, "All Hallow's Day," It'd think it should be pronounced HAL-oween, like you'd say hallow.

Yes, that's how I came to the conclusion that by pronouncing it hollow I've been doing it "wrong"! All Hallow's Eve. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

HAL

 

[EMom]

Hal as in All Hallows' Eve. I'm curious. Are the people who say Haul-o-ween southerners? I think people in the south pronounce certain vowels longer like up north we say pee-cans for pecans and in the south they say pi-kaahns

Southerner here.....HAL--O--WEEN. Like All Hallow's Eve. Not All Hollow's Eve.

 

[theworldneedscolor]

I pronounce it the way it's spelled: HALL-o-ween

The hall is like hallway. If it was pronounced Hal like the name there would only be one "L"

Oh, and I'm from Oregon.

 

[Neesy228]

Hal-o-ween

ETA: Live in Pennsylvania

 

[Wendy31]

I'm from the south, & I say "hal-o-ween."

To me, "hall" & "hal" sound different as do "hallow" & "hollow."

Actually, not that I'm thinking about it, "hall" & "haul" sound very, very similar if not exactly alike.

 

[FairestOfThemAll37]

I don't think Halloween is included but...

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0

 

[wenrob]

Hal-o-ween born and raised in Las Vegas, NV. My grandma always said "pee-cans" and she was born and raised in Southern Utah.

 

[mamamary]

I voted Hal but once I saw someone said hollow i realized that's how I really say it. Originally from ny like the poster who brought up hollow.

 

[Kimberlyann11]

Like a PP, I say it in a way that sounds like the beginning of hollow, which does sound different than the way I pronounce the word haul. Not a lot, but noticeable. I'm from Michigan.

I'm from Michigan too and the words hall, haul and hollow all sound identical to my ear.

 

[MomofKatie]

Hollow-ween. I lived in the Midwest until age 9, then in the Southeast. Most native Southerners I know do say Hal-oween, though.

 

[Christine]

Well, I voted that I said Hal-o-ween; however, after reading the later posts about Hollow-ween, that's how I say it. I know it's definitely not "Haul" though, which has the sound of "all" or "augment".

 

[Dawnlight]

Hal-o-ween

 

[CPanther95]

Well, I voted that I said Hal-o-ween; however, after reading the later posts about Hollow-ween, that's how I say it. I know it's definitely not "Haul" though, which has the sound of "all" or "augment".

I'm either handicapped by my Western PA roots or the fact that I was a military brat that lived everywhere - but I can't distinguish the difference when I say it.

 

[FairestOfThemAll37]

Well, I voted that I said Hal-o-ween; however, after reading the later posts about Hollow-ween, that's how I say it. I know it's definitely not "Haul" though, which has the sound of "all" or "augment".

Hollow and haul-o are the same when I say it haha. Holl and Haul are phononyms to me, but I can see how in the northeast the might sound different.

 

[aprilgail]

I say it like Hollow- Haul and Hall are pronounced the same so neither of those is how I say it.

 

[gemini2727]

Ha- (like in ha ha)- lloween here. (From NY)