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How do you pronounce the word pinch?

Asked by dollfacee (143points) March 19th, 2009

do you say pinch.
or peench.

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lefteh's avatar

Pinch, unless I’m doing my René Lévesque impression, in which case it is the latter.

mangeons's avatar

Pinch. :)

suzyq2463's avatar

In Texas we say “peeeunch” because we like to make one syllable words two (or more) syllables.

lefteh's avatar

Ahh, the Texas demisyllable…

dollfacee's avatar

i’m from texas, and i just say pinch? ha

Blondesjon's avatar

Hyppysellinen.

La_chica_gomela's avatar

@suzyq2463 and lefteh- it’s called dipthongization, actually. just btdubs.

A_Beaverhausen's avatar

like finch with a P

Blondesjon's avatar

And I wholeheartedly agree with laxrrockr18.

SeventhSense's avatar

uhhhhhh..ummmm….mmmm…am I dreaming?

Blondesjon's avatar

@KrystaElyse…+5 but shame on you for a commercial.

albeit a funny one

KrystaElyse's avatar

@Blondesjon – Hahaha. When I saw this question, I immediately remembered this commercial :P

Oh and I just found this funny one too.

marinelife's avatar

A pinch to grow an inch. Rhyming.

“Peench” sounds like something Inspector Clouseau would say.

@KrystaElyse I had never seen that. Great ad.

Blondesjon's avatar

Peenches? We don’t need no steenking peenches.

Jeruba's avatar

One syllable. Short i, not “ee.”

Darwin's avatar

I only say “Peench” when I yan espeakin Espanish. Otherwise it is “pinch.” Or maybe “peenchay” if I don’t like you, as in “pinche gringo.”

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