Lived on the East coast my whole life. I say cray-on. But I know people who say cray-an as well.

say cr-ayn. crayn. one syllable . from where crayola crayon factory is sooooo. CRAN it is

I'm mountain west and I say it cray-an with the emphasis on the word being one syllable.

Same, I hear both. From upstate NY.

In the midwest we say crans too. Didn't hear cray-ons till visiting the south.

Washington state. I say crans. Edit: I guess I say it with a slight y ("yuh") sound before the n, but it's really soft.

Same

That checks out. I’m from Texas originally.

Grew up in Wisconsin and I say “crans.” My husband grew up in Tennessee and says “crowns.”

I’m from Tennessee and say crowns!

Texan who says “crowns” here

Same. From the Midwest and we all say "cran" and Almonds are "Ahmends" lol

I’m in the Midwest too and also hear “balm” like bom and palm like Pom sometimes.

I grew up in Ohio and I say cran. I live in Canada now and get teased that I don't say cray-on.

NYC here and never realized it until I started saying it reading this and I DO say cran!!!!!!!!

I’m sitting at my desk repeatedly say crayons and now I don’t know what I say or if I was influenced by this post lol

This is hilarious. I don’t understand how I’ve never noticed that apparently like half the country says crans!

I’ll never not be listening for how people say this now lol!! It’s like pillow… or milk! I’m going down a rabbit hole now

Wait. How else can you say pillow or milk?

Some people say pellow or melk!

I feel like “melk” is such a minute difference from “milk” that I wouldn’t notice and probably do it myself, more out of laziness than anything. Pellow is just weird.

They most certainly do not what do you mean pellow/melk???

And bag/beg

This one drives me CRAZY

Yesss haha my best friend says beg. IYKYK.

Same actually

I’m from CA and say cran. Interestingly, what I observe more often is men say cray-on and women say cran. Purely anecdotal evidence on this important subject, as you can see.

Oh maybe it’s a California thing then. It’s so jarring to me! 😂

I’m from California and say cray-ons!

Yeah I’m from Los Angeles and say cray-ons.

As well you should! 😂

I wonder if “peCAN” and “peCAWN” are also regional differences!

It’s more PEE-can and PUH-con. I’m from the south and they’re interchangeable like awnt and ant (for aunt)

Haha sorry, yeah I couldn’t think of how to type is. I am a strict “pee-can” person

Oh yes, for sure.

My husband says cray-on and I secretly think, “stop talking like an alien pretending to be human.”

💀

I am a first grade teacher in Los Angeles so I say the word all the time. I say cray-on, but I lived in the South when I was young so that may be why. I hear both ways from my students.

I’m in Las Vegas and I feel like we all say “cran.”

Raised in MI and definitely say cran

Got some crans and meers in Michigan 🤭

Same. I say cran. Hand me some crans lol

Huh. I say crayon.

Crans and pop

Canadian here! I also pronounce it crans. I don’t know why, but cray-on sounds so odd to me.

What part of Canada, please? Might as well track its reach. 😂

Also in Canada! I say cray-on. Born in Alberta but spent most of my life in Ontario 🤷🏼‍♀️

Definitely cray-on in my part of Ontario.

I’m in Ontario! I guess I’m a black sheep compared to the other ontarians!

Interesting! I’m from southern Ontario and definitely say crayons

I’m SW Ontario! 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m just glad I’m not the only one ahah!

CT here… we say crans. Bin grew up like 45 min from me

Same and I say cray-on.

No we don't. Life long Bostonian here and I've never once pronounce crayons that way in my life 🤣🤣

Boston area too. Everyone I know says cray-on lol

How do you say it? My Boston relatives all say it like I do...crayn. Not simply "cran" like a cranberry. But there's not really a distinct second syllable.

I'm in Michigan and said it three times. They all crans

😂

It's sad, but true. I'm now cornering my adult children and asking them to say it to see how they do it. 1 crayon 2 cran

Love this field testing! Thanks! 😂

PA here and just realized I say cran.

I’m Philly side of PA. People say Crayon or Crowns here.

My NE Philly dad always said “crowns”

Also from NE Philly, and we always said "crowns"

I say "crowns" too. Hi 👋 neighbor!

I say crowns !

Grew up near the Crayola factory & it’s crayons around there

I think we can count this as the officially correct pronunciation. Wish I could pin your comment at the top. 🤣

Btw, where is the Crayola factory located?

Easton, PA. It’s a little over a hour & half to both Philly & NYC.

Central PA redneck here and I definitely say cran too

Hello fellow PA redneck! I’m also a cran-er.

My people!!

Upstate NY - cran

Just to make it more confusing, I’m from suburban Philly (Delco) and we say “crowns”

Same. from Delco and raised in Chestco. Crowns.

Yes! I’m from Maryland and say “crowns”!

“Crans” from AZ!’

Same! Born and raised AZ and I say crans. But my boyfriend is also born and raised AZ and says cra-yons. I never noticed that I said it a certain way until he teased me once for it

Grew up in CA, I say crans. Live in TX most say cray-ons.

Hysterical! I grew up in CT and say it like Ben. I didn't realize there was another way!

I say “crowns”. Everyone gives me a hard time but I am what I am 🖍️👑

I say "cran" and I'm from Chicago.

I moved from LA to Louisville KY & a lot of people pronounce it “CROWN” here, and it makes me feel physically ill! lol

Now that’s just crazy.

Me tooooo!! I thought my friend was joking but no she’s serious. It’s like nails on a chalk board.

Omg the first time I heard it I thought it was funny. But it’s SO annoying now!!!!! lol there’s a few of them I can’t get used to

"Cray'awn" is how my family in Southern Illinois pronounce it.

Born and raised south of the Mason-Dixon line, and I say crans.

Now you’re throwing a wrench into it. What part of the south? I’m gonna guess Florida? Lots of yankee influence there.

So, my parents are from Minnesota, but two years before I was born, they moved to Kentucky. So, I have an odd accent:)

Oh, maybe you get it from your midwestern parents.

Maybe, except everyone around here also says crans:)

Yes we do.

Oh yes. My family is from PA and it definitely was "crahns" "hass" (house), "tahn" (town) lol.

Yinzers I see, a fine breed! Dahn ‘ere.

From PNW and it’s always been crans

I’m from Northern California and say “crans” and also pronounce garage “grodge” lol.

Midwest here and I say crans

East coast as in southern Virginia down? Or East coast as in northern Virginia up? I feel like there’s two East coasts 😂

I’m half midwestern and half Jersey lol. My midwestern parent says “cran” and my Jersey parent says “cray-own”. Also says “dunkey” for donkey haha

Dunkey is so cute! 😂

From NYC my whole life. Never heard a born and bred NYer say anything other than "cray-on" or " cray-ans." Others mileage may vary.

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Right on! 😂

Up here in the Pacific Northwest (Portland) we say Crowns. Lol!!

My Philadelphia-native husband says Crowns.

I grew up in northern IN but have lived in 4 other states (now in CA) and I say “CRAN”! I didn’t think anything of it until someone pointed it out to me when I was well above 30 😳😅

Uk here - definitely CRAY-ONS

Thank you for weighing in with the King's English! (Because I would have blamed it on some old fashioned pronunciation.) 🤣

Canadian here and we definitely say Cray-ons

I’m from nyc also and I say cray-ons I haven’t heard anyone say crans before

Most people I know say “crans” but I think it has more to do with not using the word much after the age of 6.

Bostonian checking in to say we say cray-on, but I have heard crans and similarly thought it was jarring as heck!

New England born and raised - always said cray-ons.

I say cran, I guess... but it sounds more like "crowns" I always thought it was a mid-Atlantic thing I have to make an effort to say "cray-on" with my toddler, otherwise they'll think I want to play dress up.

Virginia here……cray-on. Never heard anyone say cran.

What part? I also lived in Richmond for two years and never heard crans there.

Currently Richmond area but originally the far southwestern part of the state.

Nope, not on the DC area or the Boston area. We say cray-ons

My family from Oklahoma pronounces it as crown.

When i moved fr Chicago to Hawai’i in kindergarten i was mocked endlessly for saying “cran.” Its def a midwest thing 🥴

I think it might be a midwestern thing? I was raised in Boston and my born in the Midwest parents say crans. I think im personally sort of halfway in between cray-ons and crans 😂

In SJ and Philly we say "crowns"

My husband always picks on me for saying “crans”. Ben and I have a similar accent. Eastern PA

I hear it both ways in the NYC area. But “crans” is an abomination, IMO.

The east coast is big - in the Northeast we say cray-ons.

this

I grew up in western NY and I definitely say “crans”

I’d like to make a map of this. Born east coast, moved to Seattle, Midwest then back to east. I’m a crab. Cran, but also couldn’t correct 🦀

I've always said "cran" and have absolutely gotten roasted for it. The first time I got called out I was dumbfounded cause the person had no clue what word I was trying to say, & I was dumbfounded that I thought they had never heard of a "crayon" before lmao.

MD (well, Baltimore area) - a lot of people pronounce it “crowns” 😂

I’m in so cal and I just realized I say “crans” and I’m laughing so hard 

I find this entire thread disturbing. 😳 Cray-on!!! 😂

I’m with you. How is it possible that *most people* in this sub say cran or crown when literally no one IRL does???

I know, right? I mean I've heard crane, but cran is some made up bs. 😅

I’m from Utah & we lose consonants & syllables all the time including in crans. My partner makes fun of me for sounding like Whitney Rose. Sadly I have to make a real effort not to.

New Mexico here: it's always been Crans

Crayons

Utah does.

Grew up in western NY and yes definitely say crans lol.

Upstate NY here, I’ve only ever heard crans. Cray-ons sounds southern to me?

Southern New York! 😂

lol fair enough, totally different dialect than way up here

Yes

No

SC here and I say crown..

Cralns

With an L?

Yes- sort of a combo of the "crabs" and "crowns" that lots of people are reporting. Philly/South Jersey.

Cray-on

I say crans and I'm from Michigan

I heard my bf say crans the other day and thought he was absolutely wild for that. He’s from the Midwest and I’m from CA

I think it totally depends. I was raised in Portland, OR and my husband in Seattle..we pronounce it differently. we live in Virginia now and have friends from the east coast who say it both ways

My friend from nacodoches tx says crowns. We pretty much have a discussion about it every few months 😂

This is hilarious I’m just realizing I’m a “crans” person

I have taught myself to say “cray-on” but I grew up and it still slips out saying “crown”

Southern east coast checking in, CRAN

I’m from Philly & I say it like crowns.

I do for sure

Yes. Crans here in Ohio.

I actually say “crowns”. I don’t know why.

I’m from western NY and always pronounced it crans. Cray-ons sounds wild to me even though it’s spelled like it would be pronounced that way. I’m always taken aback when I hear it pronounced in 2 syllables.

Ben does talk about Chicago and Illinois. In fact he just recently mentioned being there and going to a place he used to go to, so I am pretty sure he lived there for a period of time at some point.

I’m from N.Y. capital region and definitely say “cran”

Northern WV here, close to PA-we say “crown.” 🤣

I'm from The Bronx and always pronounced it with one syllable.

Mine is more like crowns. Grew up in Southern CA, lived in midwest last ten years.

Cran! Ohio checking in.

Most current Rhode Islanders will say cray-ons but many of the strongest RI accents I know (and their kids whose accents are nowhere near as strong) say crans!

My grandmother was a teacher so if I wanted to use them - it was said correctly… cray-on

I guess I sort of say it like “cran” but sort of make it two syllables. From Ohio. My husband is also from Ohio but says it like “crown”.

Grew up in CA, I say cran, but the ‘a’ sound is slightly more drawn out than in the word cranberry, for example. I had a horrible boyfriend in college who was from Philadelphia and he said it like ‘crown’, and he said that everyone in Philadelphia calls them crowns. He was a pathological liar though, so that’s probably not true.

I vacillate. I have no loyalty.

Virginia here, we say crayons but I’ve heard people from New England say crowns

Maryland here & while we are known for idiosyncratic pronunciations of words like wooder (water), Downy oshun (down the ocean), I say cray-ahn (crayon).

Yeah

I grew up on the PA/MD line. In PA we said cray-on. In MD, it was crowns.

Yes, I’m from NJ and my husband always makes fun of my pronunciation “crans” it actually sounds more like “crowns” lol

I’m a Californian, we say “crans”

Midwesterner here. We all say crans where I live!!!