Originally Posted by
gaobest
speaking of poutine - is it pronounced “pu teen” or “pu tee Nee”? My friend’s Canadian (Toronto) and used 3 syllables. I never thought of it as a 3-syllable word.
Depends on who you speak to really. For my French-oriented friends, it's usually "pu-tin"... for the English-oriented friends, it's "pu-teen". I pronounce it "beer" (not really but someone's bound to get a chuckle out of that one).