How do you pronounce the word pirate?

Is it pie- rit
or pie-rut
or pie-rat

I am trying to keep my little guy from saying pie-rant..LOL

By Tink on Saturday, July 15, 2006 - 10:47 pm:

We say "pie-rit" here.

By Hol on Saturday, July 15, 2006 - 11:05 pm:

I would think "pie-rat"

By Dawnk777 on Saturday, July 15, 2006 - 11:12 pm:

Pie-rit here!

By Luvn29 on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 12:13 am:

pie-rit here, too!

By Ginny~moderator on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 07:05 am:

I've been sounding it out, and I say somewhere between pie-rut and pie-ret. I don't know if that's regional - I've been fighting the Philly accent for as long as I've lived here (not always successfully).

By Unschoolmom on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 08:26 am:

pie-rut here.

By Kate on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 09:17 am:

Well, I say the 'rit' part, but not the 'pie' part...at least not like you would pronounce apple 'pie'. I don't know how to explain how I pronounce the 'pi' part...maybe 'piyhh'. I've been told by a speech therapist that I pronounce my long vowels in a different fashion than she's used to...she says it's a regional thing.

By Trina~moderator on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 09:46 am:

"pie-rit"

By Crystal915 on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 01:40 pm:

Pie-ret.

By Breann on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 05:04 pm:

Pie-Rut

By Annie2 on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 06:56 pm:

Pie-ret. All last weekend I kept saying the
Ca-rib-be-an and my kids kept correctly me that it should be pronounced Care-RA-be-an.

By Mrsheidi on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 08:13 pm:

All I know is that Johhny Depp is one YUMMY Pie-Rit!
Can't wait to see the movie!

By Dawnk777 on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 08:57 pm:

I never know how to say Caribbean, either! LOL! I think I have said it both ways, myself!

By Dana on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 09:55 pm:

Pie-ret

By Cat on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 09:20 am:

Pie-rit

By Janet on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 10:44 am:

Pie rit

By Kaye on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 11:13 am:

After looking it up...the official answer is this...pie-rit or pie-rt (which is why I think it gets confusing. But if used with an ing it is pie-rat-int or pie-ra-ted.

Gotta love the english language.

As for ca ri be an...or ca rib ean. I think either is acceptable (haven't looked it up though).

By Kay on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 05:52 pm:

I say Pie-rut (at least I think I do....)


Thanks a lot, now I'm going to be going around saying "pirate" to myself and everyone will think I'm crazy! LOL

By Kaye on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 06:13 pm:

LOL...that is how we felt at my house. Then trying to correct speech of my little guy, and hubby and I disagree, so he is hearing two different things..rofl

By Hol on Thursday, July 20, 2006 - 11:37 pm:

I just saw an ad on TV for "Pirates of the Caribean" and the announcer said, "Experience pie-rats". Maybe it IS a regional thing.

By Brandy on Friday, July 21, 2006 - 04:25 pm:

pie-rut