01-04-2010, 02:20 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: @robdashjamieson
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Caribbean: How Do You Say It?
I saw Money Guy post this in a different thread: Caribbean.
It got me to thinking, seeing as how it's been a slow Monday. There's two common ways to pronounce it.
One seems to be a bit quicker, and is pronounced Ca-rib-E-in. The other is a little more drawn out, Care-ah-bee-in.
Which way do you use? Is there one way to use for one reference, and the other for another?
It's always bothered me, and I've never known which way I should use, or if it really matters.
Discuss...
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Last edited by Prototype; 01-04-2010 at 02:24 PM.
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01-04-2010, 02:23 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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The region was named for the native Carib indians, so Ca-rib-E-in seems more correct to me.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Caribbean
Pronunciation: \ˌker-ə-ˈbē-ən, ˌka-rə-, kə-ˈri-bē-ən\
Last edited by troutman; 01-04-2010 at 02:30 PM.
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01-04-2010, 02:24 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Cambodia
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I call the region the Ca-rib-E-in .
I call the body of water the Care-ah-bee-in Sea.
I have no idea why though.
Last edited by gargamel; 01-04-2010 at 03:02 PM.
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01-04-2010, 02:25 PM
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^agree with troutman
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01-04-2010, 02:34 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Mahogany, aka halfway to Lethbridge
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
The region was named for the native Carib indians, so Ca-rib-E-in seems more correct to me.
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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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01-04-2010, 02:34 PM
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That's a weird coincidence. We were out for a NYE party and the UFC party on Saturday night and everyone was asking my wife and I where we were going for our honeymoon next month. We are going on a Caribean Cruise but I was telling everyone...
"We're not sure yet. Either the Ca-rib-E-in cruise or Care-ah-bee-in cruise"
I didn't know what to call our cruise, but I guess we are going on a Ca-rib-E-in cruise.
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01-04-2010, 02:41 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by albertGQ
That's a weird coincidence. We were out for a NYE party and the UFC party on Saturday night and everyone was asking my wife and I where we were going for our honeymoon next month. We are going on a Caribean Cruise but I was telling everyone...
"We're not sure yet. Either the Ca-rib-E-in cruise or Care-ah-bee-in cruise"
I didn't know what to call our cruise, but I guess we are going on a Ca-rib-E-in cruise.
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Is it crooze or croose?
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01-04-2010, 02:49 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
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Exactly.
Saying Car-ah-bee-in would be like calling yourself a Can-ah-dee-in.
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01-04-2010, 02:50 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by albertGQ
That's a weird coincidence. We were out for a NYE party and the UFC party on Saturday night and everyone was asking my wife and I where we were going for our honeymoon next month. We are going on a Caribean Cruise but I was telling everyone...
"We're not sure yet. Either the Ca-rib-E-in cruise or Care-ah-bee-in cruise"
I didn't know what to call our cruise, but I guess we are going on a Ca-rib-E-in cruise.
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I'd actually go with Care-ah-bee-in Cruise and the Region Ca-rib-Bee-in.
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01-04-2010, 03:06 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Car·ib·be·an (kār'ə-bē'ən, kə-rĭb'ē-ən) 
adj. - Of or relating to the Caribbean Sea, its islands, or its Central or South American coasts or to the peoples or cultures of this region.
- Of or relating to the Carib or their language or culture.
n. A Carib.
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not neccesary a waste of time. So it does look like Care-ahh-bee-in is for the cruise, eh?!
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01-04-2010, 03:37 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: @robdashjamieson
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I clicked on the first speaker button. Said both ways. That was the waste of time for me.
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01-04-2010, 03:40 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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Haha.. I see what you mean, that was a waste of time.
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01-04-2010, 04:28 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Conquering the world one 7-11 at a time
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I'll go with the Billy Ocean pronunciation. They're both wrong; it's Care-a-byoon.
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01-04-2010, 04:31 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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went to school with someone from Jamaica. She was adamant that it was Ca-rib-E-in. That's what I use.
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01-04-2010, 04:55 PM
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much like caramel
car-ah-mel or care-uh-mel
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01-04-2010, 05:01 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Calgary AB
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Sell out Vacations.com!! sorry but it's the first thing that entered my head when I saw Caribbean, damn Wal-mart and those flat screen tvs at the cash register.
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01-04-2010, 05:02 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Van City - Main St.
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I say it the care... way. This seems more like what I'd expect locals to say.
Ca-rib-ian seems like the Americanized way based on accents.
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01-04-2010, 06:25 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: East London
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
Ca-rib-ian seems like the Americanized way based on accents.
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Actually, it's the Caribbean way to say it. My family is from Trinidad and everyone pronounces it with the 'kah' rather than the 'care', the latter sounds like such a 'white American tourist wearing socks with sandals' way of saying it. The only family member I have ever heard pronounce it 'care' was part Guyanese and born here in the UK, since the British butcher foreign languages and words he is wrong by default and it should be pronounced the 'kah' way.
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