Pegasus Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 The funny thing is that DH thinks I pronounce it "wrong." I just now looked it up on dictionary.com and listening to their two different pronunciations, both are still different than either of us pronounce it. I had DH listen and he now says that they are wrong too. :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I always thought it was cu- like cute, but apparently it is more like coo-min according to Alton Brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I say it like Q-min. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexi Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I apparently pronounce it the "Alton Brown way" - coo-min. I am going to have to listen to it on the dictionary app now. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyandtheBrains. Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I say coo min. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 Ok. I found a You Tube video that also provides two pronunciations for cumin, capturing both how DH says it and how I say it. You can find it by the title "how to pronounce cumin" by Emma Saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 coo-min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndOfOrdinary Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I am an "oo" too. My son gets very silly voiced and pronounces it Q-min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 coo-min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I say Q-min. I would venture a guess that coo-min sayers also say coo-pon instead of Q-pon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I say coo-min and Q-pon. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I used to say Q-min, but switched to coo-min years ago. I can't remember why I decided the latter was better. This threads are making it apparent to me that I've switched up a lot of pronunciations. Over the years I've also switched my pencil grip and the way I knit. Just a work in progress over here, I guess. (I also switched from Q-pon to coo-pon because it made more sense to me.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I say coo-min, but for coupon I say cue-pon. Cue like a pool cue. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I say q-min and coo-pon. I used to want to say "come-in" Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I say coo-min; I used to say q-pon but somewhere along the way picked up coo-pon; I think I use both now but prefer coopon because it is less work for my mouth :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCF612 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Q-min. (And coo pon) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatherwith4 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Q-min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 (edited) KOO-min. KOO-pon. Edited April 17, 2016 by Laura Corin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReadingMama1214 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I say coo-min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I say q-min because that's what my mom said, though I think I hear coo-min more. She also said Tyoos-day, but I say Toos-day. And I say coo-pon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Elliot Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 (edited) I hate that word. That has been my least favorite word for the last 28 years of my marriage. If I pronounce it the way I grew up pronouncing it (Q-min) mil corrects me insistently and emphatically (as she does with every little thing). She corrected me so many times the first few years of our marriage that I got used to pronouncing it her way -- cumin with a short u. Now when I say it, my family gives me a look that tells me they think I'm mispronouncing it, but thankfully they don't force their views down my throat. That word always reminds me that I never stood up for myself with my mil in the early years of our marriage. I've learned to now. Who knew alternate pronunciations could reveal so much about a person's psyche? Edited April 17, 2016 by Jane Elliot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I say it like Q-min. yep me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I'm in the coo-min group. And coo-pon. I've heard Q-min and it doesn't bother me but when I lived in MS and heard Q-pin for coupon ... I'll admit that one did bug me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 (edited) Coo-min Q-pon I have lived all over the US, currently near DC. Edited April 17, 2016 by Spryte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 koo-min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almondbutterandjelly Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 coo-min. Or comino (spanish is popular here). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I heard the pronunciation Q-min on cooking shows when I was nursing my now 22yos. That's what I used for years. I guess I say coo min because that is what they say on most Food Network shows. I've always said coo-pon. If someone used cue-pon, it means they came from a more rural or southern area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I say Q-min. I would venture a guess that coo-min sayers also say coo-pon instead of Q-pon. Lol... after saying them out loud to double-check, I realize I say Q-min and coo-pon... no idea why... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callapidder Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Coo-min and coo-pon here. I think I used to say Q-min as well, but switched. It might have even had something to do with Alton Brown as I used to watch his shows quite a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureMomma Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Well my moms Mexican, and we used it a lot growing up, but she never said it with the Spanish accent? So we always pronounced it come-in. It wasn't until several years ago that I first heard it pronounced the other way that I had no idea what was even being talked about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I've pronounced it Q-min most of my life...but I am trying to switch to the coo-min way of saying it because I'm guessing that is actually correct...based on how I've heard it on food shows, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I've pronounced it Q-min most of my life...but I am trying to switch to the coo-min way of saying it because I'm guessing that is actually correct...based on how I've heard it on food shows, etc. There are multiple pronunciations, all of which are equally correct. You should use the pronunciation most often used locally, as that provides the greatest chance that people will understand you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I say it both ways, neither with confidence! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Coo-min Q-pon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 With that said, btw, I wonder if anybody's made a dialect map of this pronunciation. Do you know, Wikitionary lists *four different* pronunciations in the US? (And one for Puerto Rico.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 coo-min - learned from TV - no clue before that as it's not a spice I was introduced to growing up Q-pon - learned from my mom and grandma, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Q-min and Q-pon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Q-min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Buckin' Longhorn Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 We say comino, but my spouse is Hispanic. Before we got together I had never heard of it, so I didn't pronounce it any kind of way. In fact, I was trying to explain a recipe to someone on a message board and we ended up having a back and forth because she didn't know what comino was and I had no idea how she could possibly cook without it, LOL. That's the day I figured out that comino and cumin are the same thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 (edited) My son thinks I pronounce it wrong, and he is not a big fan after it ruined his cinnamon toast a few weeks ago, he was not paying attention and grabbed a brown spice with a red lid that started with c. He wasted a fair amount of my cumin, too, I am glad he did not waste a more expensive spice. I say qmin and qpon. My son was sure that was wrong, LOL, but he says he never wants to eat any again no matter how it is pronounced. He did not like taco meat even before he found out there was cumin in it. Edited April 18, 2016 by ElizabethB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I pronounce it coo-min. DH is Egyptian, and they use a lot of cumin in their food. He pronounces it more like cah-moon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimm Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I say it like Q-min. Like this. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SproutMamaK Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I say coo-min and Q-pon. I say Q-mine and coo-pon. It doesn't even seem to be a regional thing from what I can tell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 COO-min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Coh-MEEN-oh. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Coo-min Q-pon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 The funny thing is that DH thinks I pronounce it "wrong." I just now looked it up on dictionary.com and listening to their two different pronunciations, both are still different than either of us pronounce it. I had DH listen and he now says that they are wrong too. :lol: Kyoo-min Alton Brown is wrong, I don't care who he is. Aluminum is not pronounced "al-you-min-I-um" either. Because... wait for it... there is no "i" in the last syllable. In Persian, it is "zira", in Russian it is tmin. In French it is also cumin which is indisputably pronounced "kyoo-min" and therefore that is how it is pronounced. And "coupon". Koo-pon. Because cou is pronounced "koo". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Coo-min and coo-pon Aluminum is not pronounced "al-you-min-I-um" either. Because... wait for it... there is no "i" in the last syllable. Actually, the preferred spelling everywhere except North America (as well as in scientific publications within North America) is aluminium. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Kyoo-min Alton Brown is wrong, I don't care who he is. Aluminum is not pronounced "al-you-min-I-um" either. Because... wait for it... there is no "i" in the last syllable. In Persian, it is "zira", in Russian it is tmin. In French it is also cumin which is indisputably pronounced "kyoo-min" and therefore that is how it is pronounced. And "coupon". Koo-pon. Because cou is pronounced "koo". I'm ignoring your pronunciation part because you're just wrong ;) but I wanted to talk about zira and tmin. It was a challenge figuring out which word to use for different spices in Kyrgyzstan. The tiny little spice packets of cumin would be labeled tmin, obviously, since they were marketed for Russian speakers, but when I lived in a smaller town and went to the bulk spice sellers at the bazaar, I'd ask for zira even though I was speaking Russian. And then when I'd finally pin down the name of a spice, I'd come home to see if the name was Russian, Farsi, Dungan, or from Turkic. Thanks for reminding me of that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Kyoo-min Alton Brown is wrong, I don't care who he is. Aluminum is not pronounced "al-you-min-I-um" either. Because... wait for it... there is no "i" in the last syllable. In Persian, it is "zira", in Russian it is tmin. In French it is also cumin which is indisputably pronounced "kyoo-min" and therefore that is how it is pronounced. And "coupon". Koo-pon. Because cou is pronounced "koo". Zeera is also the word my Indian friends use. Need to check with my Pakistani friends and see if it's Zeera as well in Urdu. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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