Strewn or Strown?

I have always referred to a cluttered house or something scattered about as being “strown” (rhymes with stone). Most Northerners I have no refer to it as being “strewn” (rhymes with rune). Per wiki, ‘strown’ is an archaic English form of ‘strewn’.

I’m curious as to which is the most prevalent in today’s use. Which one did you grow up using more hearing?

A comment on where you grew up may also help.

I say “strewn” and, until this poll, had never heard of the pronunciation “strown”.
ETA: I grew up in Michigan.

Strewn. I have never heard the “strown” version.

I grew up in Europe, mostly, although I am in the US now.
Also it seems to me that “strewn” (or “strown” if you prefer) is an active adjective, indicating things being purposefully scattered about. I would not describe a cluttered house as strewn. I might say the house was cluttered because things had been strewn about inside, perhaps.

Strewn. Western, NY.

Never heard of strown (which just autocorrected to strewn!)

Weird. On my Facebook page, Alabamans and Georgians, even upper-middle class/well educated ones, are unanimously saying “strown” and anyone from Mid Atlantic north or the Midwest is saying strewn.

I was grown before I heard strewn. Or maybe I was grewn.

Strewn, as in:

“It pisses me off to leave a clean house, and come back to find clothes and dirty dishes strewn everywhere again!”

Never heard ‘strown’.

Strewn but always with something, e.g. this room is a mess - it’s strewn with clothes.

PS: Apologies for the wacky spelling and syntax in the OP. Siri is not a very good secretary.

Strewn here. I have never heard strown.

I grew up in northern WV and have lived mostly in WV, PA, and MD.

Strewn. From Michigan. Never heard of strown. Do you still spell it “strewn”? I’m not finding any definitions for “strown” online.

Strewn here too (Australia) and as saje and jabiru mentioned, not a word used alone, but in conjunction with the thing/s being strewn.

I have heard “strown,” but I always assumed it was a variant pronunciation of strewn. You know, like the archaic shewn as used in the KJV Bible. I personally use “strewn” pronounced “stroon”, though.

I’ve definitely heard both, but definitely use strewn.

Yes, this. A house isn’t strewn. Papers might be strewn about the living room, though.

Never heard of strown before.

Chicago, never heard “strown” until now.

I am British (but lived over 20 years in California), and I have never before heard of “strown”.
Where is it that you think that people say “strown”? Is it the southern USA?

The answer, my friend, is strowen in the wind.

“strewn” = “stroon”…

Chicago and NY State.

Louisiana, US

I grew up hearing ‘strown about’ mostly when I was getting in trouble for a messy room. My parents grew up in Mississippi. I still hear it said ‘strown’ but I live very close to the MS state line and there are a lot of MS transplants here. I’ve lived across the south from TX to Georgia, and I think it’s fairly common in northern LA, MS, AL, and GA but not heard commonly in TX and southern LA. It’s hard to say because it’s not a usual occurrence for non-family members to comment on things being strewn/strown about.