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Post by peasapie on Dec 11, 2015 13:03:38 GMT
I say Ant.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Dec 11, 2015 13:08:29 GMT
Aunt (Ahnt) here.
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Post by anxiousmom on Dec 11, 2015 13:13:40 GMT
Third option: auntie (an-tee) anxious when referring to specific aunts in the anxious family  |
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Post by jemmls4 on Dec 11, 2015 13:22:43 GMT
I say both. Dad's family is from New England, so "Ahnt" for them. I was told by my "Ahnt" she was not a bug crawling on the ground. my mom is from Midwest, so "ant" unless I want to be called a snob.
I live in Midwest now and I find myself switching between the two.
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Post by scrappinghappy on Dec 11, 2015 13:26:29 GMT
Depends...it is an ant or an Aunt? Guess we say ahnt  |
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Post by deshacrafts on Dec 11, 2015 13:26:31 GMT
I say both. Dad's family is from New England, so "Ahnt" for them. I was told by my "Ahnt" she was not a bug crawling on the ground. my mom is from Midwest, so "ant" unless I want to be called a snob. I live in Midwest now and I find myself switching between the two. I always had Ants until I moved to New England. Any Aunts that I had before that are called Ant any after the move are Ahnt. I have lived here so long that all of my nieces and nephews call me Ahnt except the ones that live in Florida who call me Ant. |
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Post by compeateropeator on Dec 11, 2015 13:28:43 GMT
I say ant. However whenever I refer to myself as "ant compeateropeator", my 5 year old niece always takes great pleasure in informing me that I am wrong and it is "ahnt compeateropeator".  Eta: I am from New England but have always said "ant". |
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Dec 11, 2015 13:32:52 GMT
I say "ant."
Here in the south, there's also another variation more like "unt." It's a little more guttural sounding.
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Post by jcm28 on Dec 11, 2015 13:38:55 GMT
Born and bred in the South. I say "ain't". We all do in my family. Unfortunately, I only have one aunt left.
Janet
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Post by pattipea on Dec 11, 2015 13:44:46 GMT
I guess I say it both ways. If I say it with her name, it's Ant. Otherwise, it's Ahnt.
ex - I could tell you lots of stories about my Ahnt and Uncle, but I haven't seen Ant Ethyl in a very long time.
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Post by jayfab on Dec 11, 2015 14:02:12 GMT
We say Ant. Actually for the older Aunts it is Auntie. But my younger nieces don't use Auntie for me. I kind of wish they would.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2015 14:05:24 GMT
LOL! I read it as being the insect ant until I started reading the replies.
Insect = ant
Aunt = ahnt
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Post by leannec on Dec 11, 2015 14:06:24 GMT
Definitely "Ant" or "Antie" ... the "u" is useless  |
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Post by janeliz on Dec 11, 2015 14:10:35 GMT
I say "Ant".
My 13 year old DD has some friends who use the "ahnt" pronunciation, though, and I have noticed her saying it that way as well. It's cute.
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Post by Miss Ang on Dec 11, 2015 14:12:57 GMT
We say "ant". Ahnt just sounds so stuffy and hoity-toity to me.
I would compare it to saying Mom or Mother. In casual conversation I wouldn't say, "Mother, would you like to make Christmas candy?" I would say "mom".
Mother and Ahnt just sound proper and in general conversation it just doesn't work for me.
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Post by apeacalledliz on Dec 11, 2015 14:16:55 GMT
Ahnt or Ahntie
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Post by melissa on Dec 11, 2015 14:58:14 GMT
I grew up saying aunt (ahnt). My husband's family says "ant."
My mom always said "An ant crawls on the floor. The sister of one of your parents is your aunt."
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Dec 11, 2015 15:02:36 GMT
My nieces call me Tante. It goes well with my first name I've always said Ant, with the exception of one great aunt who was always Tante.
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Post by lesley on Dec 11, 2015 15:05:40 GMT
In Standard Scots, 'ant' and 'aunt' are both pronounced the same, with the /a/ sound at the front of the mouth. I answered 'other'!
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Post by scorpeao on Dec 11, 2015 15:13:46 GMT
In my family it's Ant-ee.
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Post by River on Dec 11, 2015 15:17:28 GMT
Born and raised in the South and it's Ant for us. But we are known for saying things completely different than they are spelled. |
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Post by AuntBB on Dec 11, 2015 15:17:28 GMT
Ant
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Post by crazy4scraps on Dec 11, 2015 15:21:31 GMT
I guess I say it both ways. If I say it with her name, it's Ant. Otherwise, it's Ahnt. ex - I could tell you lots of stories about my Ahnt and Uncle, but I haven't seen Ant Ethyl in a very long time. Same here, we kind of use them interchangeably. I have two sisters, one that lives here that we never see and one that lives out of state that we FaceTime, etc. frequently. The one we FaceTime with is called Moomah (pet name assigned by my sister's grandkid when she was little, and my kid picked up on it and it stuck) and my other sister is rarely referenced but when we do we call her "Antie". When talking to our DD, DH refers to his sister (and many of our non-related female friends our age) as "Ahntie" so and so. |
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Post by peano on Dec 11, 2015 15:22:40 GMT
Born and reared in Arkansas so "ant", but have lived in the land of "ahnt" so long that sometimes that pronunciation slips out.
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Post by bianca42 on Dec 11, 2015 15:25:30 GMT
Mostly I have ANTS and am an ANT. DH has Ahnts, so we say it that way when referring to his Ahnts.
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Post by bonserella on Dec 11, 2015 15:26:41 GMT
Ant. Which sounds funny now that I have read this thread lol.
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Post by Linda on Dec 11, 2015 15:31:08 GMT
Aunt (Ahnt)...ants are the nasty biting critters here in FL (Fl appears to have been created on top of a HUGE anthill)
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Post by gar on Dec 11, 2015 15:32:09 GMT
Ahnt or aren't - which sound exactly the same to me.
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Post by Rainy_Day_Woman on Dec 11, 2015 15:32:16 GMT
My DH's Family is Indian so any woman you are acquainted with is called Auntie it seems. (Ahnt)
I didn't call my aunts anything but their name but I think most of my family says "Ant"
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Post by perumbula on Dec 11, 2015 15:35:04 GMT
Ant because I don't live anywhere near New England.  If you are one of my nieces or nephews you don't use either.  |
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If you are one of my nieces or nephews you don't use either. 