# Pronounciation: Won (one or juan)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 24, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounciation-won-one-or-juan/220831 "2003-12-24T13:23:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![smootman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@smootman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smootman)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounciation-won-one-or-juan/220831/1 "2003-12-24T13:23:12Z")
My girlfriend pronounces the word ‘won’ as in “He won the race.” as “juan”… I insist that it’s pronounced “one”. please set her straight because she is infecting her friends. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounciation-won-one-or-juan/220831/2 "2003-12-24T13:31:50Z")
**smootman** , please read the descriptions of the various forums. This is not a comment on a Staff Report, so is being moved to General Questions. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounciation-won-one-or-juan/220831/3 "2003-12-24T13:49:52Z")
Definitely “one”. ---
**Author:** ![hyjyljyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/0ea827/32.png) [@hyjyljyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyjyljyj)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounciation-won-one-or-juan/220831/4 "2003-12-24T14:12:08Z")
wun, with short u as in cut, must, fun ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounciation-won-one-or-juan/220831/5 "2003-12-24T14:23:05Z")
OK, now that the correct factual answers have appeared, I can safely post this: “How many Spaniards does it take to screw in a lightbulb?” “Juan.” ---
**Author:** ![adirondack\_mike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@adirondack\_mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adirondack_mike)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounciation-won-one-or-juan/220831/6 "2003-12-24T14:28:45Z")
Juan won by one run. Said three times fast. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounciation-won-one-or-juan/220831/7 "2003-12-24T18:26:09Z")
The won in “won ton” OTOH is indeed pronounced like Juan. Maybe she’s just a Chinese food enthusiast. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounciation-won-one-or-juan/220831/8 "2003-12-24T18:35:11Z")
And besides, “Juan” is pronounced more like “hwon”. ---
**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounciation-won-one-or-juan/220831/9 "2003-12-24T20:24:59Z")
Dictionary says: > [@](#): > > won (wŭn) v. Past tense and past participle of win. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounciation-won-one-or-juan/220831/10 "2003-12-24T20:36:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by robcaro \* > \*\*Dictionary says: > won (wŭn) v. Past tense and past participle of win. \*\* [Dictionary.com](http://Dictionary.com) lists the same pronounciation for ‘one’ (wŭn). ---
**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounciation-won-one-or-juan/220831/11 "2003-12-24T22:19:41Z")
Damn! No wonder that Chinese soup is so heavy. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounciation-won-one-or-juan/220831/12 "2003-12-27T00:53:29Z")
Unfortunately, won and one rhyme with fun and run. All short u sounds. You would think that they’re pronounced with a short o and rhyme with con and on. But they don’t. English spelling. Sux. Pees. ---
**Author:** ![KenGr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecc23a/32.png) [@KenGr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KenGr)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounciation-won-one-or-juan/220831/13 "2003-12-27T00:57:49Z")
Is she Korean? The Korean currency is won (“hwon”).