Thread: Caribbean: How Do You Say It?
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Old 01-04-2010, 02:34 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by troutman View Post
The region was named for the native Carib indians, so Ca-rib-E-in seems more correct to me.
Except I'm pretty sure that Carib is pronounced care-ib, not cah-rib, so wouldn't the proper pronunciation be care-ib-EE-an? That's how I pronounce it.
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