# Pecan pie. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 20, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie/124671 "2002-08-20T00:43:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie/124671/21 "2002-08-20T13:32:24Z")
> [@](#): > > gelatinous nut pie A Rose by any other name … _When come back, bring pie!_ [sub]BTW, thanks to the poster who first posted the [Weebl](http://www.weebl.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/b3ta/pie.html) link. I think it was **jjimm**.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie/124671/22 "2002-08-20T13:50:21Z")
**when come back bring pie!** 😃 I’ve _got_ to get one of his T-shirts that say that. When I get paid next… ---
**Author:** ![Stana\_Claus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stana_claus/32/13874_2.png) [@Stana\_Claus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stana_Claus)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie/124671/23 "2002-08-20T14:21:29Z")
The PEE-kan pronunciation seems to be a regional thing originating in the Georgia/S. Carolina area which has somehow spread (insidiously, I think) to other isolated (one can hope) pockets of ignorance. The one true way of speaking of this wonderful confection is indeed puh-KAHN pie. The same misguided souls who say PEE-kan instead of puh-KAHN also tend to call pralines PRAY-leenz instead of the proper PRAH-leenz. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie/124671/24 "2002-08-20T14:23:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\*Peeeecan from Tennesse and Peh-KAHN from Illinois? > > Lsura, are ya’ll from around here? > 🙂 \*\* Sure am from 'round here. Born’n raised in Chattanooga. After my parent’s raised me up, I moved on up to Nashville, then down to Miss’ippi, then over to Atlanta and now I’m up here. Where’re y’all from? 😉 God that was hard to type. I am educated, even though I occasionally say that I’m “fixin to” do something. I must, however, punish myself whenever I catch myself saying it. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie/124671/25 "2002-08-20T14:30:18Z")
I’m from Arkansas. My Mama is from Tennesse, a lovely place. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie/124671/26 "2002-08-20T15:14:02Z")
who CARES about the pronunciation?.. I just GOTTA get me some of that pie TODAY! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie/124671/27 "2002-08-20T15:39:16Z")
I LOOOOOVE me some pecan pie!!! When I say that line, I pronounce it “Pee-Can,” but in normal, non-hillbilly speak, I pronounce it “pee-con.” It tastes damn good either way. ---
**Author:** ![Venoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@Venoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Venoma)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie/124671/28 "2002-08-20T16:32:52Z")
I used to call it pee-can, my georgia boy husband corrected me by calling it puh-kahn whilst we drove by a puhkahn orchard. I don’t think you can really argue it unless you live in a place where you can grow 'em! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie/124671.md?page=1)