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[Tohsaka]

Aunt.

 

[Boem]

Tante.

 

[mreddie]

Aunt-Man

 

[Hobbles]

I always pronounce it aunt when speaking generally but Ant when I'm combining it with a name.

This

 

[Dany]

Tia

 

[Mase Gumble]

anti - i'm from northern england.

 

[Earthbound64]

Char - les


Aunt

 

[DBT85]

2 syllables.

 

[frankie_baby]

Aunty
Dont think I've ever heard anyone say aunt (or ant for that matter) in real life

 

[Chojin]

I call my white ones "Aunt". My Filipina aunts I called "antie" or these days Tita. I've thought about it a lot why I do this since I was a kid but to this day I don't know why. It sounds weird to me to say "Ant Maureen" or "Aunt Bebek."

 

[TickleMeElbow]

Ant.

I live in Ohio, but my dad who's from Seattle says it that way as well.

 

[half a moon]

Ant

 

[Teggy]

I don't understand, both of those words are pronounced the same way.

 

[BennyBlanco]

tía

 

[Slayer-33]

Aunt-man > Spiderman >>>>>> Catwoman/Robin/Batman/Superman

loooooool

 

[rambis]

Auntie

 

[Hero Prinny]

Well i call them tia but if im talking to an english speaker about them i say aunt

 

[MIMIC]

Unt

 

[Sakura]

As a Canadian, Ant (or Anty). Never heard anyone pronounce it Aunt.
Edit: I don't actually call my Aunts or Uncles by those titles though. I just call them by their first name.

 

[Lothar]

Ant

 

[Jacob]

For as long as I can remember I've said "Aunt" for people on my mom's side of the family and "Ant" for people on my dad's side. I assume it's down to dialectical/accent differences, not that the two sides of my family live that far apart, but I'm not entirely sure.

When speaking more generically I switch back and forth between both pronunciations without really thinking about it.

 

[Qasiel]

Auntie (pronounced "arnty")

UK

 

[Polioliolio]

It should be aunt, but nobody says it. Still, I know it's correct, so I now say aunt when speaking of aunts, but if I were to address one of my aunts, it would be Ant so'n'so

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Black people say Unt, white people say Ant.

 

[HeartlessNobody213]

Always pronounced it aunt. I live in the south and only ever heard it pronounced ant on TV/film.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

ånt

 

[Hilbert]

The way I said Aunt is indistinguishable from how I say the insect.

 

[x24hrs2livex]

I don't understand, both of those words are pronounced the same way.

No, they are pronounced differently.

 

[Back-In-Black]

Auntie

An*ti

.

 

[Spaced Harrier]

Beloved Cunt.

 

[Kyoufu]

Aunt.

 

[cyress8]

Aunt - I have a deep voice and it goes better with it.

 

[dickroach]

i grew up saying "ant" but I prefer "aunt" because... y'know... aunt.
I guess I only still use "ant" when talking to my parents

 

[Deleted member 752119]

Ant.

 

[ctfg23]

Ant

 

[ZoronMaro]

I definitely say "ant"

I remember thinking it was really dumb as a kid, that both words are pronounced the same, but then I learned that there's a lot of homophones. And at this point my midwest accent isn't going away.

 

[Princess Viola]

I use both.

Ant when referring to someone specifically and aunt when using the term generically.

 

[Hilbert]

No, they are pronounced differently.

Depends on where you are from. One is not more correct then the other, it is simply pronunciation.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Both.

No reason to force yourself to only one.

 

[molnizzle]

Ant, but still spelled "Aunt."

You say it like "ant" though.

 

[elektrocats]

WTF? The amount of people who use "Ant" in this thread is scary. I thought this was a joke at first...

EDIT: Nvm I see we're talking about pronunciations.

 

[RustyNails]

Aunty.

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

Aren't

 

[illadelph]

Philly here, we say "ant"

 

[MisterRoboto]

Zia

Spoiler

Aunt

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Anti

 

[Pics_nao]

I just go by first names/nicknames now. Fuck that formal shit yo

 

[Weetrick]

Ant

I'm from Southern California

 

[Rentahamster]

I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. Hail ants.

 

[Violet_0]

Antz

Aunt-man > Spiderman >>>>>> Catwoman/Robin/Batman/Superman

I need the source