Poll: Care-uh-bee-un or Cuh-rib-be-un

[djheater]

 

[notfred]

Either is fine.

 

[Fausto]

It's pronounced "stop-POH-sting"

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: notfred
Either is fine.

True. Dictionary.com says both are accepted. I'm just curious about personal preference. I'm inviting you all into the argument currently raging in my office.

 

[MaxDepth]

dependant upon how many Red Stripes are drunk.

 

[Encryptic]

I've always said "Care-uh-bee-un", although the other pronunciation is correct.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Fausto1
It's pronounced "stop-POH-sting"

I thought it was POO-sting, in this context.

 

[Bootprint]

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: notfred
Either is fine.

True. Dictionary.com says both are accepted. I'm just curious about personal preference. I'm inviting you all into the argument currently raging in my office.

But is this a 'I'm going to gun you all down' type argument, or a 'hey we don't have to do work while we figure out how to pronounce caribbean' ?

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: Fausto1
It's pronounced "stop-POH-sting"

I thought it was POO-sting, in this context.

Your poo stings? You need to get more fiber in your diet and get those 'roids looked at.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Bootprint

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: notfred
Either is fine.

True. Dictionary.com says both are accepted. I'm just curious about personal preference. I'm inviting you all into the argument currently raging in my office.

But is this a 'I'm going to gun you all down' type argument, or a 'hey we don't have to do work while we figure out how to pronounce caribbean' ?

The latter. We've now got upper-management involved so I can assure you it will be resolved to everyones satisfaction in a timely manner.

 

[idNut]

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: notfred
Either is fine.

True. Dictionary.com says both are accepted. I'm just curious about personal preference. I'm inviting you all into the argument currently raging in my office.

Dictionary.com sucks. MSN's Dictionary pwns j00!!! I have it set as my homepage since I'm such a semantics dork.

 

[conjur]

tee-vee

 

[Corporate Thug]

i say Care-uh-bee-un but it's prolly just a bad habit cuz i hear Cuh-rib-be-un in commercials

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

Why do people keep posting these "how do you pronounce..." threads? I've never figured this out...

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder
Why do people keep posting these "how do you pronounce..." threads? I've never figured this out...

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duh

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder
Why do people keep posting these "how do you pronounce..." threads? I've never figured this out...

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duh

I don't know why that never occured to me before...

 

[NoReMoRsE]

The first option, Care-uh-bee-un, is correct. The islands were named after the Carib Natives that lived there.

Both pronunciations have been popular though, but historically the first option is the correct one.