The dialects of America - soda vs. pop revisited

[merithyn]

How is been and bean different?

Been is usually either "bin" or "ben".

Bean usually rhymes with "seen" or "sheen".

[Eddie Teach]

Does anyone here pronounce been as "bean?"  I say bin and bean sounds really bizarre to me.

I pronounce it "ben". I think "bin" sounds silly, and "bean" sounds pretentious from an American.

I pronounce ben, been and bin all the same.

[merithyn]

Does anyone here pronounce been as "bean?"  I say bin and bean sounds really bizarre to me.

I pronounce it "ben". I think "bin" sounds silly, and "bean" sounds pretentious from an American.

I pronounce ben, been and bin all the same.

Ben, to me, rhymes with "pen", as opposed to "pin".

[crazy canuck]

Does anyone here pronounce been as "bean?"  I say bin and bean sounds really bizarre to me.

I pronounce it "ben". I think "bin" sounds silly, and "bean" sounds pretentious from an American.

"I have Ben there"?

You people are mangling the Queen's English.

[Eddie Teach]

Ben, to me, rhymes with "pen", as opposed to "pin".

All of them get the short i sound.

[MadImmortalMan]

You people are mangling the Queen's English.

There are 300 million of us. How many has the Queen got?   

[crazy canuck]

Ben, to me, rhymes with "pen", as opposed to "pin".

All of them get the short i sound.

Wait a minute.  You pronounce pen as pin?

[Eddie Teach]

Yes.

[crazy canuck]

Yes.

What a penhead.

[Admiral Yi]

Uncle Bin's rice?

The tower of Big Bin?

Where the hell are you from Wigger?

[Eddie Teach]

Speaking of uncle Ben, the people on tv pronounce it the same way I do.

[crazy canuck]

Speaking of uncle Ben, the people on tv pronounce it the same way I do.

I am beginning to think you pronounce pin as pen and not the other way around.

[Eddie Teach]

Well both sound more like pit and bit than pet and bet.

[Maximus]

Pen as pin is quite common. I've heard it from California through the southern plains to the deep south

[merithyn]

Pen as pin is quite common. I've heard it from California through the southern plains to the deep south

Am I correct in how I think I say things, Max? You pay closer attention than I do, and I often think I say things one way only to have you say otherwise.