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Penguin
7/21/2006, 02:32 PM
How do you say Caribbean?
BlondeSoonerGirl
7/21/2006, 02:33 PM
Care-a-bee-un.

But I'm a hillbilly so, you know..
mdklatt
7/21/2006, 02:35 PM
b)
Hamhock
7/21/2006, 02:36 PM
i've never had a reason to say it at all.
Flagstaffsooner
7/21/2006, 02:37 PM
Drain-on-the-US-taxpayers-money.

Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands. Da welfare islands.
mdklatt
7/21/2006, 02:38 PM
Drain-on-the-US-taxpayers-money.

Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands.


Why do you hate plantains?
Petro-Sooner
7/21/2006, 02:39 PM
Queen
Flagstaffsooner
7/21/2006, 02:40 PM
Why do you hate plantains?I'm on a low sugar diet.;)
85Sooner
7/21/2006, 02:40 PM
Who cares as long as your there.
mdklatt
7/21/2006, 02:40 PM
I'm on a low sugar diet.;)

That's the best part--they're not as sweet as bananas!
Penguin
7/21/2006, 02:46 PM
I say Cuh-rib-ee-an. Except when I talk about the Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Then, and only then, I say Care-uh-bee-an.


Pretty weird, eh?
IronSooner
7/21/2006, 02:48 PM
I say Cuh-rib-ee-an. Except when I talk about the Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Then, and only then, I say Care-uh-bee-an.


Pretty weird, eh?

Same here. Thanks Disney.
mdklatt
7/21/2006, 02:52 PM
Same here. Thanks Disney.

Ditto.
crawfish
7/21/2006, 02:53 PM
Dang foriners. We'll say it the way WE want to say it. :mad:
olevetonahill
7/21/2006, 02:57 PM
According to my 6th grade english teacher
Both are correct
Vaevictis
7/21/2006, 03:15 PM
Care-a-bee-un.

But I'm a hillbilly so, you know..

*shrug* That's how Bob Marley pronounces it.

Buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta,
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival;
Driven from the mainland to the heart of the caribbean.
GDC
7/21/2006, 03:44 PM
I thought it depended on if you were using it as a noun or adjective.
Melo
7/21/2006, 03:45 PM
Care-uh-bee-un
IB4OU2
7/21/2006, 03:48 PM
Care-a-bee-un.

But I'm a hillbilly so, you know..

I don't Care-uh-bee-un here at work.....:(
mdklatt
7/21/2006, 03:59 PM
I thought it depended on if you were using it as a noun or adjective.

This thread has gotten me thinking about that.

Cruising in the Care-uh-bee-an.
Ca-rib-ee-an cruise.
lefty
7/21/2006, 04:32 PM
From dictionary.com. Take your pick.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/caribbean

OOPS. I forgot, I'm not supposed to get my opinion from a reference work. Sorry.
Flagstaffsooner
7/21/2006, 04:39 PM
According to my 6th grade english teacher
Both are correctAnd Olevet gradeeated 6th grade.;)

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olevetonahill
7/21/2006, 05:09 PM
And Olevet gradeeated 6th grade.;)

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Dayum skippy ! thats the only thing I remember from then :D
OklahomaTuba
7/21/2006, 05:48 PM
Who cares how you say it, all I know is I am gonna be there really soon.
mdklatt
7/21/2006, 05:52 PM
Who cares how you say it, all I know is I am gonna be there really soon.

It's a good thing there's no such thing as global warming and an increase in hurricane activity. ;)
OklahomaTuba
7/21/2006, 05:55 PM
It's a good thing there's no such thing as global warming and an increase in hurricane activity. ;)

It wouldn't be a vacation with worrying about hurricanes.
RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
7/21/2006, 07:11 PM
It's Great White North time, anyway...so I'm going to Flagstaff for a coupla days.
StoopTroup
7/21/2006, 07:21 PM
rib
Okla-homey
7/21/2006, 07:22 PM
Tulsan's say Cuh-rib-ee-an. I reckon the trailer trash say it 'tother way.
AllAboutThe'O'
7/21/2006, 07:25 PM
In Billy Ocean's "Caribbean Queen" song, he pronounces Caribbean both ways. Although when he's pronouncing Care-uh-bee-an, it sounds like he's pronouncing it Care-uh-bean.
proud gonzo
7/22/2006, 01:03 AM
I say Cuh-rib-ee-an. Except when I talk about the Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Then, and only then, I say Care-uh-bee-an.


Pretty weird, eh?
no sh*t, i thought I was the only one!

I think i used to use both...until Kermit the Frog's song
"He's a Cuh-rib-ee-an Amphibian
He likes to hop in the tropical sea
Cuh-rib-ee-an Amphibian
A frog in a coconut tree"