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.