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Post by bc2ca on Mar 11, 2017 19:23:10 GMT
I heard Ree make a reference to their store and was surprised that she pronounces mercantile to rhyme with "feel". I have always heard the word pronounced to rhyme with "smile".
How do you pronounce it?
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Post by anonrefugee on Mar 11, 2017 19:27:42 GMT
I heard Ree make a reference to their store and was surprised that she pronounces mercantile to rhyme with "feel". I have always heard the word pronounced to rhyme with "smile". How do you pronounce it? I say -Teel, but have heard it said the other way too. |
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Post by dulcemama on Mar 11, 2017 19:35:16 GMT
I say Mer-can-tile. I have heard mer-can-teel but if you said mer-can-til I wouldn't know what you were talking about.
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Post by MichyM on Mar 11, 2017 19:35:57 GMT
I also say "teel" Born in NYC and live in Seattle if that makes any difference  |
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Post by anniefb on Mar 11, 2017 19:38:43 GMT
Rhymes with smile. I'm in New Zealand.
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Post by Sue on Mar 11, 2017 19:39:29 GMT
PNW born and raised.. I've always said "teel."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2017 19:58:35 GMT
I heard Ree make a reference to their store and was surprised that she pronounces mercantile to rhyme with "feel". I have always heard the word pronounced to rhyme with "smile". How do you pronounce it? "teel" but then again, I am a native Okie. |
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Post by melanell on Mar 11, 2017 20:09:14 GMT
I say Mer-can-tile. I have heard mer-can-teel but if you said mer-can-til I wouldn't know what you were talking about.  Exactly what she said.  (Life long mid-Atlantic state resident) SaveSave |
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Post by iowgirl on Mar 11, 2017 20:16:04 GMT
"teel"
Midwestern gal here. I hear her call it the Merc a lot, and that is what we always called the grocery store. The Merc. (pronounced Merk).
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Post by Zee on Mar 11, 2017 20:19:06 GMT
Both of the top two, but depends on context I guess. I never thought about it.
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Post by freecharlie on Mar 11, 2017 20:20:59 GMT
Both tile and till. Depends on the place
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Post by AngieandSnoopy on Mar 11, 2017 20:46:15 GMT
I've never heard it pronounced any other way than "teel" and that is how I pronounce it too.
I was born and raised in north Louisiana, lived in DFW area in Texas, Colorado and now in the southern New Mexico mountains.
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Post by peano on Mar 11, 2017 21:18:44 GMT
I have only heard it pronounced "tile".
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Post by littlemama on Mar 11, 2017 21:23:16 GMT
I've only heard it pronounced -tile.
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Post by georgiapea on Mar 11, 2017 21:25:03 GMT
Teel.
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Post by nellej on Mar 11, 2017 21:28:31 GMT
The vote seems to have already been closed but "mer-can-tile (rhymes with smile)" would have been my choice.
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Post by Really Red on Mar 11, 2017 21:29:49 GMT
Only ever heard it tile. I'll have to listen to the PW next time!
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Post by JoP on Mar 11, 2017 21:34:51 GMT
Tile
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Post by dulcemama on Mar 11, 2017 21:53:48 GMT
"teel" Midwestern gal here. I hear her call it the Merc a lot, and that is what we always called the grocery store. The Merc. (pronounced Merk). So, when you go shopping, do you say you're going Merkin' Sorry...French teenager hacked my brain... |
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Post by lucyg on Mar 11, 2017 21:58:59 GMT
Teel but I've heard it the other way. Have we looked it up to find the official pronunciation?
(I can't, I'm at a kids birthday party right now. Being rude.)
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Post by leannec on Mar 11, 2017 22:00:08 GMT
I'm in Canada so it is not a common word ... I would say it with "tile" at the end |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2017 22:11:31 GMT
Teel but I've heard it the other way. Have we looked it up to find the official pronunciation? (I can't, I'm at a kids birthday party right now. Being rude.) That's the first thing I do on these threads  It would seem that both pronunciations are correct. Personally, I've always said and heard -tile, not that I've had much occasion to say the word aloud. Save |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2017 22:16:28 GMT
It depends on the person I am talking to.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Mar 11, 2017 22:21:56 GMT
Southern girl and I've always pronounced it "teel". Also, every Western I've ever watched it's been called the mer-can-teel.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2017 22:44:07 GMT
tile that rhymes with smile.
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Post by lucyg on Mar 11, 2017 22:45:20 GMT
Thank you, @scrubologist!
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Post by YooHoot on Mar 11, 2017 22:49:37 GMT
Store.
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Post by Julie W on Mar 11, 2017 22:55:18 GMT
-tile rhyming with smile, and just as Ma and Pa Ingalls, the Olseons (who owned one) and all the other folks in Walnut Grove pronounced it. |
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Post by Anita on Mar 12, 2017 0:36:12 GMT
Teel - born and raised in the middle of the U.S.
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Post by disneypal on Mar 12, 2017 1:11:27 GMT
I learned to say it from watching Little House on the Prairie and they said mer-can-tile (like smile) |
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Exactly what she said. 
