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[Cepheus]

Aunt, though now I'm older I just drop that and use their real names.

 

[dakini]

Ant. From the midwest.

 

[DopeToast]

Ant.

 

[Tan]

Zia and Tia. And Ant.

 

[Rellik]

UK here.

Ant/Anty

UK here.

Aunt.

 

[sixteen-bit]

aunt

 

[QuiteWhittle]

Aunt/auntie

 

[Somnid]

Auntie

 

[stilgar]

Bees

 

[dbztrk]

Aunt. I'm from NYC.

 

[The Salt Life]

When people pronounce it with the U it makes it sound all regal and weird.

 

[Android18a]

Aunt. Sounds more like "aren't" than "ant".

Midlands, UK.

 

[CDX]

Over 75% of the U.S. pronounces it just like the insect.

https://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_1.html

I pronounce it "Ant" just like the insect too.

 

[Samurai G0SU]

"emo"

 

[Sciortino]

Im Italian on both sides so Zia mayne.

 

[Spenny]

I've used both throughout my life. I used "ant" as a child and now use "aunt" as an adult. Though more often than not I usually drop the title and just use their name.

 

[Skiptastic]

Ant.

 

[SyNapSe]

Ant. Aunt is for the wealthy. If I had a butler and I wanted him to refill her drink I'd use Aunt or maybe Auntie

 

[Delicious Waffles]

Ant.

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

Auntie

This is me here.

 

[lawnchair]

ARRRRNt because I am English and I speak English

you monster.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

Over 75% of the U.S. pronounces it just like the insect.

I pronounce it "Ant" just like the insect too.

Aunt like ain't? I don't understand. And a lot of it shows as in south Louisiana, where everyone I know says Ant for aunt and Aynt for ain't. Now I know a lot of people down here use auntie for aunt and pronounce that Ahn-tie.

 

[georly]

Ant and i refuse to back down.

 

[Steel]

Tia, ant, or auntie depending on which portion of my family the aunt comes from.

 

[KidGalactus]

Pronounced it 'aint' for like 90 percent of my life.

From North Carolina, btw.

 

[SillyEskimo]

I just call her Barbara.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Ant, my wife says Auntie, it gets very complicated for our son.

 

[Belker]

Londoner here. I say 'Aunt' and most people around London would, I think.

As for auntie, I when I refer to my aunts when talking with family I say 'Auntie so-and-so'. When I'm talking friends or third parties, I'll say 'Aunt so-and-so'.

 

[itwasTuesday]

And aunt to all


Soda

 

[ZackieChan]

Wtf are we? I didn't know you were from Pittsburgh, let's be best friends

I moved to NJ when I was two. I'm from North Hills, Rialto St. Apparently it's going through a hipster renewal now.

I bleed steel, bro.

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

I think we finally found a thread where there is no Simpsons caption for it

 

[MagnaderAlpha]

Tia and ant.

A question, can one pronounce Uncle other than "Un-kul" (and I don't mean in other languages, like "Tio")? Are there people that pronounce it "Un-kleh", "Un-KLEE", or the stranger "Un-sul"?

 

[Mango Positive]

Aunt.

Questions for team Ant: If there were a ghost in your house, would you say your house was hanted?

If the ghost was pale and thin, with sunken in features, would you say it was gant?

When you put a bunch of clothes in the washer, are you doing the landry?

Please, just one more example of "AU" being pronounced "Aaaaa".

 

[nickgia]

Ant.

 

[XT Vengeance]

Ant. I've lived here in Missouri for most of my life and that's about it.

 

[Strike]

Ant.

 

[LiquidSolid]

New Zealand here.

Auntie, as in ahn-tee.

 

[GKSilKamina]

I say aunt.

 

[Sapiens]

My aunt is a convicted drunk driver, so we pronounce it "cunt."

 

[ThisGuy]

Usually ant or auntie informally, aunt in formal conversation.

Just depends on who I'm around really.

My aunt is a convicted drunk driver, so we pronounce it "cunt."

Party plates? Sounds like a woman I want to know.

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

I pronounce aunt like ant.

But auntie like auntie.

:s. From Ontario, Canada.

 

[VegaShinra]

Tía and aunt.