How is Suffern pronounced? (live, moving to, area) - New York (NY) - City-Data Forum

foureyedgirl · 08-21-2008, 08:00 PM

I have heard two pronunciations since moving to NY, and I don't know which is correct: Suf-fern or Suf-frun.

jpicard · 08-22-2008, 06:42 AM

Suf-fern

bmwguydc · 08-23-2008, 02:08 AM

Yep, Suf-fern is the pronunciation that people I know from the area use.

7laura397 · 09-12-2008, 07:11 PM

come on now people, it's Suffren, like we're sufferen in Suffren, that's how we said it in the 60's

josephadler · 10-13-2011, 08:42 PM

Well I grew up there in the 50s and 60s, and my mother lived there since 1928, and we pronounced it Suf-fern.

Mohamed Dz · 10-14-2011, 02:17 AM

as you like lol

Ragin' Cajun · 05-03-2014, 09:15 AM

My last name is Suffern, and I pronounce it Suffrun.

laowhyben · 05-03-2014, 08:04 PM

I am chinese. I think it's pronounced Suf Fern. and I am learning English. kisses.

VA Yankee · 05-03-2014, 08:35 PM

It really depend on how you enunciate words. I say it Suf-frun, I am from the county and my wife is from Suffren, I also say ant not ont for aunt.

bridgerider · 05-03-2014, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by VA Yankee

It really depend on how you enunciate words. I say it Suf-frun, I am from the county and my wife is from Suffren, I also say ant not ont for aunt.

Yep! Everytime I hear someone else say it, a Looney Tunes pops into my head. Suffern Succatash!