Gary Byrum
Overstable By Design
This may seem like a silly poll, but there is a reason for me to know how this community feels about the pronunciation of the title Aunt. For many years, here on the east coast, the (ant) accent on the word Aunt, was the given. Even the broadcasters of radio and TV said Aunt (ant). Anymore, the broadcasters have migrated to the Aunt (ah) pronunciation.
The only other people here in my neck of the woods that used the (ah) pronunciation, were folks from the north with a heavy Yankee accent, or the African American community. Dictionary.com goes with (ant) & (ah) so I suppose it's those two that are dominant. And according to a survey, the following choices were listed. There were more than these three, but it seems these are the most frequent used accents I know of. The other listings in the survey seem to point more to the (ah) factor anyway. Funny, Im in the lowest percentage using the (aint) version. Must be a Carolina thing. How do you say, Aunt?
The only other people here in my neck of the woods that used the (ah) pronunciation, were folks from the north with a heavy Yankee accent, or the African American community. Dictionary.com goes with (ant) & (ah) so I suppose it's those two that are dominant. And according to a survey, the following choices were listed. There were more than these three, but it seems these are the most frequent used accents I know of. The other listings in the survey seem to point more to the (ah) factor anyway. Funny, Im in the lowest percentage using the (aint) version. Must be a Carolina thing. How do you say, Aunt?