Ahnt. I’m Australian.
Aunt, ont, ahnt, whatever. That’s what they are. I’m from California.
I remember in grade school doing a “read aloud” bit in the classroom, and pronouncing it “ahnt.” One little bitchy girl (who didn’t like me) promptly raised her hand and told the teacher that I had pronounced it “wrong.” The teacher told her that no, I used a perfectly appropriate pronunciation.
I have been told that I pronounce the word “funny” many times. One friend supposes that it’s because my family on my dad’s side is from England (and we have had a lot of English relatives visit us) but I’m not so sure. It is true, however–my dad did like to cling to some “English ways” that he picked up from his dad. (Who was born in England.) So I suppose that this pronunciation could be one of those things.
Been in Oklahoma most all of my life, and i pronounce it “ant”. Although I’ve heard some black people pronounce it “ont”. Don’t know if that’s a black culture thing or what.
Growing up in West Virginia, everyone thought we were weird when we said we had an ahnt. But my parents were Australian and our ahnt (we only had one) was Australian, so it made sense to us.
Now my kids have ahnts on my side of the family and ants on my husband’s side of the family.
I’ll second SuperLorie here, I live in the 'burbs of Detroit and 'round here most white folks have ants and black folk have onts.
Kentucky checking in… We have ants. Never had even heard of “onts” until visiting family in Virginia and found out my mom was one! 
I agree with Queen Tonya. Most of the Awnts are black and most of the Ants are white. Must be cultural, huh?
Awnt
‘ant’. Southern Ontario.
I has ahnts.
In Little Rock I get the same experience as Queen Tonya and Kalhoun. We even get the occasional “ontee”.
They’re a pain in the … I mean aaant…
Go to http://www.m-w.com/home.htm and do a search for “aunt”, then click on the little red audio link.
What the hell is an “ont”? It isn’t pronouced “ahnt”. Sorry.
I’m from North Florida, and I’ve always pronounced it like “ant.” But I’ve heard many local African-Americans pronounce it “ahnt” or “ahntie.”
I also have a white friend from New England who pronounces it “ahnt” (and who makes fun of the “ant” pronunciation).
Ant. Singular. (in more ways than one)
“Ants” for me.
And I imagine Tolkein fans call their parents’ sisters “ents.”
I pronounce it to rhyme with “taunt” because if I don’t, it comes out like “ay-unt”–and I hate that. No matter how hard I try, it’s “ay-unt.”
Reminds me too much of The Blue Screen of Day-Uth.
Neither, they’re all ain’ts.
Ant. Spent my formative years in Baltimore County.
I say awnt in my head, but ant when I’m talking to my family. Sometimes I slip and say awnt and they look at me funny.