How do you pronounce the word "coffee"? (live in, payment)

[EddieOlSkool]

I listed the pronunciations I am aware of. If you have another one, list it. Be sure to include where you're from, too!

I use the General American pronunciation of coffee. I am from Chicago and now live in Maryland.

Btw, I did also in the poll include some wacky pronunciation just to see if anyone actually says it that way.

[jtur88]

The same as 'kauphy", which interestingly has no letters in common in its spelling.

[Who Dat]

Kape - pronounced "Kah-pay" in the Philippines!

[kehkou]

Cawh (As in the crow sound)+ Fee (payment)= like cough with an "E" at the end.

[Southern man]

"Cowfee (or some long vowel Southern way that I can't spell)"

I am as Southern as it gets and I have never heard a Southerner say that.

[thedirtypirate]

Originally Posted by kehkou

Cawh (As in the crow sound)+ Fee (payment)= like cough with an "E" at the end.

same. Cough-E , like the letter E

[JosephM1994]

Caw-fee

Rhymes with raw

I'm from Brooklyn

[EddieOlSkool]

Originally Posted by Southern man

"Cowfee (or some long vowel Southern way that I can't spell)"

I am as Southern as it gets and I have never heard a Southerner say that.

Yeah man I suck at spelling out how Southerners talk. All I know is that I have heard Southerners tripthongize it something like "cah-ow-fee". I can't even start to write that correctly.

Do they pronounce it "cawfee"?

[EddieOlSkool]

Originally Posted by kehkou

Cawh (As in the crow sound)+ Fee (payment)= like cough with an "E" at the end.

That sounds GenAm to me.

When I write "cawfee" I moreso refer to the caw-uh-fee pronunciation of NYC and Philly.

[GatsbyGatz]

Grande Blonde, room for cream.

Although occasionally Double Dirty Soy Chai.