How do you pronounce ‘paprika’?

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Pap-RIK-a or PAP-rik-a?

How do you pronounce ‘paprika’: pap-REEK-a, PAP-rick-a, or something else, and where are you from? I grew up pronouncing it PAP-rick-a, because that’s how my parents pronounce it, but found that people look at me oddly for it. I assumed that my family had some weird, incorrect pronunciation, but couldn’t quite eradicate it. Then, today, I saw this video, in which Mark Bittman pronounces it like I do (the first time is at 1:42, although later, the anchorwoman, who is pronouncing it pap-REEK-a,…

Deja vu.

I think both pronunciations are correct, but PAH-pri-ka was British and used to be used more here. Modern Americans are switching over to Pah-PREE-ka, which is now the way I say it.