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Results: How do you pronounce Caribbean?

Published on 10/13/2013
By: dardisney
1577
Trivia
1.
1.
How do you pronounce Caribbean?
How do you pronounce Caribbean?
care-a-be-in
44%
696 votes
ka-rib-e-in
53%
838 votes
Other (please specify)
3%
43 votes
Why are there 2 ways? (optional)
  • i don't know.
  • some say it differently
  • because there is more than two dialects in the originating language. duh?
  • na
  • n/a
  • no idea
  • pronunciation of the ways of people
  • dialects and laziness?
  • whether you are native to the caribbean or not
  • na
  • do not know
  • karibyan
  • na
  • the difference between "wash" and "worsch."
  • regional idioms
  • vernacular
  • no idea
  • na
  • na
  • american way european way its more of an acent
  • depends on geography of speaker
  • i know people from th caribbean & they pronounce it the 1st way & dont know why americans dont
  • good question
  • they forgot where they put the accent in the name
  • just is
  • does it look like i'm a linguist?
  • ?
  • to each their own
  • ehhh
  • don't know
  • because it's just that awesome
  • that is the way is sounds
  • it has three parts
  • i think it just depends on your own preference.
  • influence from your geographical location
  • i think it depends on what region people are from
  • different dialects
  • it depends on how a person pronounces each syllable and how a person breaks the word up into syllabl
  • i don't know. i don't even know what the right answer is lol.
  • depends on accent and how you emphasize your words
  • the movie!
  • native version and none native version
  • i'm from uk & use the first one but i noticed people here use the 2nd.
  • idk
  • wh
  • i have no idea
  • none
  • do not know
  • carribeaaaan
  • i dont know!
  • depend on what part o the us you are from.
  • both are correct
  • now and then
  • not sure
  • n/a
  • just depends on the region i guess. potato po tah to.
  • dialects
Other Answers Percentage Votes
both 0.57% 9
both ways 0.25% 4
0.25% 4
na 0.13% 2
care-i-be-in 0.13% 2
both - care-a-be-in if i'm taking about the movie 0.06% 1
either is correct 0.06% 1
either 0.06% 1
kar-a bein 0.06% 1
pronounced both ways. 0.06% 1
ka ra bee in 0.06% 1
pronounced both ways 0.06% 1
you say to-may-toe and i say ta-maw-toe. let's call the whole thing off. 0.06% 1
care i be in 0.06% 1
carry- be-an 0.06% 1
both. 0.06% 1
i say it both ways 0.06% 1
looks the same 0.06% 1
both lol 0.06% 1
none of the two 0.06% 1
who cares??? 0.06% 1
both. depends on if someone says it first, i will pronounce it the same way. 0.06% 1
i use them interchangably 0.06% 1
n/a 0.06% 1
carib-be-an 0.06% 1
people pronounce it both ways 0.06% 1
i sometimes say it both ways. 0.06% 1

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