A Crayfish by Any Other Name Would Taste as Crunchy.

I'll confess, I can't resist tests and quizzes that aren't graded. I came across this article the other day, and Will, my sisters-in-law, and I had such a kick testing ourselves that I thought I'd share.

Photo found here.

Although I've lived most of my life in the South, while Husband and Sisters grew up in Michigan, their Mom was born and raised in Arkansas and my parents are from Maryland, so we definitely have a funny bit of north/south accent crossover. We all were true to the states we grew up in when it came to caramel, soda/pop, and Thanksgiving, but I say syrup like a New-Englander (much to Will's chagrin), we all agree that coleslaw is "slaw," and we were split three ways on the miniature lobsters that I have always referred to as Crayfish, Will knows as Crawfish, and Older Sister calls Crawdad. 

In the end, however, we all agreed that the proper way to say pecan is "pick-AHN," which is of course regional to none of us. Go figure. Where does your dialect place you?