I hate to admit this, but I definitely say it one way or the other about 99% of the time. The problem is, when somebody asked me this question, I honestly could not think of which we I usually say it! Isn’t that ridiculous?
Cue-pon. But then, I’m from Michigan. It’s fascinating how some of these pronunciations differ across the country. Here’s a map of which way people pronounce coupon in the US: see whether you match your home state:
Washington and Idaho are generally COO-pon…But it might be more of a fifty-fifty, really. OR it could be mood related. Today I’m in the mood to say COO-pon, but tomorrow I might very well prefer to use a CUE-pon. hahaha
Until two seconds ago I could have sworn I said it CUE-pon every time. Then I said it out loud and whaddya know but I said COO-pon. I’ve been a secret COO-pon’er this whole time without even realizing it!
I find this happens sometimes, now that I’ve been away from Michigan and my family so long; I won’t realize I’m saying something differently (e.g. soda instead of pop) until I go home and revert to my childhood ways.
My husband is from Wisconsin where they they AWE-nt for aunt, but here in WA/ID we say ANT, so I find myself going back and forth all the time depending on which side of the family I’m referring to when I say it. 🙂
I hear it both ways around me so much, I don’t even know. My brain says that it should be koo pahn, but I suspect my mouth occasionally says it the other way.
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Koo-pon 🙂
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Depends on the accent. Keep thinking of an old Ron White comedy routine now.
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The second one.
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Thanks!
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Koo-pon definitely!
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I hate to admit this, but I definitely say it one way or the other about 99% of the time. The problem is, when somebody asked me this question, I honestly could not think of which we I usually say it! Isn’t that ridiculous?
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Cue-pon. But then, I’m from Michigan. It’s fascinating how some of these pronunciations differ across the country. Here’s a map of which way people pronounce coupon in the US: see whether you match your home state:
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Although this map looks a little better researched and nuanced, and puts me more in coo-pon territory. Hm.
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Ha. I don’t match in either of those. I must have copied my Floridian-raised parents. This Coloradan says cyoo-pon.
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Washington and Idaho are generally COO-pon…But it might be more of a fifty-fifty, really. OR it could be mood related. Today I’m in the mood to say COO-pon, but tomorrow I might very well prefer to use a CUE-pon. hahaha
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Until two seconds ago I could have sworn I said it CUE-pon every time. Then I said it out loud and whaddya know but I said COO-pon. I’ve been a secret COO-pon’er this whole time without even realizing it!
I find this happens sometimes, now that I’ve been away from Michigan and my family so long; I won’t realize I’m saying something differently (e.g. soda instead of pop) until I go home and revert to my childhood ways.
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My husband is from Wisconsin where they they AWE-nt for aunt, but here in WA/ID we say ANT, so I find myself going back and forth all the time depending on which side of the family I’m referring to when I say it. 🙂
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I hear it both ways around me so much, I don’t even know. My brain says that it should be koo pahn, but I suspect my mouth occasionally says it the other way.
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cou as in you
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Kher-poon.
(N E Wales..UK)
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It’s kooo pon here in Canada. 🙂
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Coopon. Isn’t that how it is spelled?
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Coo Pon.
I was raised by a coupon clipper, not a Q-Pon clipper. 🙂
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First one. Of course, I’m from upstate New York where we say crick instead of creek.
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Crick! Yeah, we had a few people say that where I grew up.
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In England, it’s definitely ‘coo-pon’, though I pronounce ‘stew’, ‘styew’!
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