Coupon or Qupon Poll.

[tramtwo]

Maybe it is a southern thing... but I was in a discussion last night about how the word coupon is pronouced... yea a slow night. :blush:

Anyway how is it that you pernounce the word coupon?

Please vote, and if you would please let me know you local in reference to the Mason Dixon.

Thankx :michaelan

[zipulrich]

Kyooopon.
Middle of the deep, dark South.

[tramtwo]

LOL :rotflmao:

[oink]

Q or much as Zip said, Qyuuupon. Deep, dark South, where the damn yankee carpetbaggers are taking over. It seems all of the true Floridians are moving to Georiga, the Carolinas or Tennessee or to counties that have yet to be invaded. The damn yankees move to the South because they want to get away from the rat race the created up North and then make it impossible to conduct business in the localities they move to, in any way but the back stabing, cutthroat, dishonest way they were supposedly trying to get away from. Hmmm, that sounded kind of bitter didn't it.

[tramtwo]

Did you remember to vote oink? :rotflmao:

[oink]

Yep, but I wonder if zipulrich did.

[renegade600]

cou·pon (khttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/AHD4/GIF/oomacr.gifhttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/AHD4/GIF/prime.gifphttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/AHD4/GIF/obreve.gifnhttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/AHD4/GIF/lprime.gif, kyhttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/AHD4/GIF/oomacr.gifhttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/AHD4/GIF/prime.gif-)
n.
A negotiable certificate attached to a bond that represents a sum of interest due.

One of a set of detachable certificates that may be torn off and redeemed as needed: a food coupon.
A detachable part, as of a ticket or advertisement, that entitles the bearer to certain benefits, such as a cash refund or gift.
A certificate accompanying a product that may be redeemed for a cash discount.
A printed form, as in an advertisement, to be used as an order blank or for requesting information or obtaining a discount on merchandise.

A detachable slip calling for periodic payments, as for merchandise bought on an installment plan.

[French, from Old French colpon, piece cut off, from colper, to cut, from colp, blow. See coup.] Word History: A Roman might have had difficulty predicting what would become of the Latin word colaphus, which meant “a blow with the fist.” In Old French, a language that developed from Latin, the Late Latin word colpus, derived from colaphus, became colp, or modern French coup, with the same sense. Coup has had a rich development in French, gaining numerous senses, participating in numerous phrases, such as coup d'état,) and giving rise to many derivatives, including couper, “to divide with a blow or stroke, to cut.” Couper yielded the word coupon, “a portion that is cut off,” which came to refer to a certificate that was detachable from a principal certificate. The detachable certificate could be exchanged for interest or dividend payments by the holder of the principal certificate. Coupon is first recorded in English in 1822 with this sense and then came to apply to forms or tickets, detachable or otherwise, that could be exchanged for various benefits or used to request information.

:rotflmao::rotflmao:could not resist...

[smurfy]

Definitely KewPon (nearest in your poll is qupon).

[Nick Grana]

This word, which was borrowed from French in the 19th century, was originally pronounced (khttp://www.bartleby.com/images/pronunciation/oomacr.gif´phttp://www.bartleby.com/images/pronunciation/obreve.gifn´´). The variant pronunciation (kyhttp://www.bartleby.com/images/pronunciation/oomacr.gif´phttp://www.bartleby.com/images/pronunciation/obreve.gifn´´) developed in American English perhaps through association with words such as cube, cupid, and cute. Both pronunciations are acceptable.

How about tournament
Pronunciation: 'tur-n&-m&nt also 't&r- or 'tor-
I choose 'tur-n&-m&nt. I don't know when 'tor-n&-m&nt came into play. (how about that for a play on words?);)

Man, are we bored.:(

[uripyores]

Acceptable to whom??

[uripyores]

And another thing. Everyone knows the only 'real' english is 'the Queens English' as spoken in England. Therefore COUPON is right!:rotflmao: :wave:

[amnell71]

Everyone knows the only 'real' english is 'the Queens English' as spoken in England. As an American, I wholeheartedly agree! I have frequently said that it should be referred to as "American" because there is a huge difference between American English and British English. But please let's not discuss "Ebonics":dizzy: as I might end up hurling my computer across the room! LOL

[errolo]

LOL "Don't use 'em I just make my groceries at Swagman's"

Do you save 'em when you get home.

cajun

[tramtwo]

I did'nt think anyone, on this borad, would have gotten that inside joke. Good on you. :wave:

[errolo]

Right, helps to have got groceries there. Wonder how many realize that N'Awlinz is a real place.
cajun

[hypnotizeminds]

Oops. I voted wrong. Thought the discussion was about the spelling. I voted for 'coupon', but it's pronounced Q-PON. Or at least, that's how I say it. :D

[uripyores]

errolo .aww, evryone knows thats where Marie Laveau's buried.:wave: