Poutine (nf)

[Daplumma]

Over the last few days there was some discussion among some members her on the pronunciation of Poutine.Is it

A:Poot-sin

B:Poo-teen

C:Poo-tine

The vendor pronounced it Poot-sin.

Joe

[lew]

Doesn't matter how you pronounce it Joe, poutine is good enough to be classed as nectar of the gods

[DRIFTER_016]

I've always heard it pronounced poo-teen.

[Muskieman]

Poots In ... I live in the French Fry / Poutine capital of Canada .... definitely ( poots in )

 

[Christopheraaron]

B, if anyone has a chance there's a tapas bar in burlington by the bronte pier, they serve poutine with melted curds, shredded duck and melted foie gras, best thing I've ever eaten!

Edited July 28, 2013 by Christopher k

[kickingfrog]

Sorry any place that only has Pepsi doesn't get a vote.

[SBCregal]

The Bronte pier is in Oakville, not Burlington. Do you know the name of the place, sounds like I need to get there and try it!

[Joeytier]

Poot-sin. Ask for a POOTEEN in quebec and you might not like what you receive

[Christopheraaron]

 

The Bronte pier is in Oakville, not Burlington. Do you know the name of the place, sounds like I need to get there and try it!

called the plank restobar, for some reason I can't find it on a map.

Edited July 28, 2013 by Christopher k

[solopaddler]

Poots In ... I live in the French Fry / Poutine capital of Canada .... definitely ( poots in )

 

 

Of course that's the proper Francophone pronunciation. Doesn't mean it's right though.

 

Just ask anyone Stateside who cheers for good old Noter Dame LOL!

[farsider]

http://www.plankrestobar.ca/

called the plank restobar, for some reason I can't find it on a map.

Cheers,

Mark

[lew]

Poot-sin. Ask for a POOTEEN in quebec and you might not like what you receive

We were fishing the Ottawa River and staying in a motel on the Ontario side. Went to the restaurant for supper and I ordered POOTEEN. The waitress was french and pretended she didn't understand what I wanted even though she spoke english also. My partner, who is from Quebec, told her I wanted pootsin and of course she understood that and was just being a jerk.

 

She never got a tip.

[misfish]

A:Poot-sin

 

,WELL THATS HOW THE GERMANS PRONOUNCE IT AT WORK.

[DRIFTER_016]

We were fishing the Ottawa River and staying in a motel on the Ontario side. Went to the restaurant for supper and I ordered POOTEEN. The waitress was french and pretended she didn't understand what I wanted even though she spoke english also. My partner, who is from Quebec, told her I wanted pootsin and of course she understood that and was just being a jerk.

 

She never got a tip.

So if you're in Qweebek it's pootsin and in the rest of Canada it's pooteen.

 

PS I would have given the young lady a tip.

A nice shiny penny!!! It makes a much better statement than nada.

Probably would have left her a note on a napkin as well.

[kickingfrog]

Someone I know claims to have pennies hacksawed in half for the purposes of making a point when leaving a tip.

[lew]

 

PS I would have given the young lady a tip.

A nice shiny penny!!! It makes a much better statement than nada.

Probably would have left her a note on a napkin as well.

 

I had to be careful, she was serving me supper the next night too

Edited July 28, 2013 by lew

[MJL]

Wiki has an audio recording of the French way to pronounce it

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine

[Walleye'm Fishing]

If you're french then the answer is: A

 

If you're english, the answer should still be: A but the english folk pronounce it as: B

[pics]

My Acadian relatives in Nova Scotia pronounce it poo tin ....

[bigugli]

I call it a coronary in the making.

[Joeytier]

So if you're in Qweebek it's pootsin and in the rest of Canada it's pooteen.

 

PS I would have given the young lady a tip.

A nice shiny penny!!! It makes a much better statement than nada.

Probably would have left her a note on a napkin as well.

Considering it's originally from quebec and a french word, id say theres a right way and a wrong way to pronounce it.

[Terry]

if you are speaking french the right way is Poot-sin

 

but as an english speaking person who does not speak french, I would use the english pronunciation

 

there are lots of english/french words that are spelled the same way but are spoken using normal pronunciation of the letters in their own languages

 

so eat Poo-teen when you are english

[lew]

Considering it's originally from quebec and a french word, id say theres a right way and a wrong way to pronounce it.

 

I recall a French Canadian Prime Minister in the not so distant past who's English was so bad most folks had no clue what the heck he was saying, so I don't think it's a crime for English Canada to pronounce POOTEEN wrong

[Fisherman]

If ya don't know, ones tasty and the other might be if it just came out of the shower, depending on age.

[Joeytier]

 

I recall a French Canadian Prime Minister in the not so distant past who's English was so bad most folks had no clue what the heck he was saying, so I don't think it's a crime for English Canada to pronounce POOTEEN wrong

But where is dee PROOF?

 

Ya ya i know, but the OP asked about the proper pronounciation, which is poostin as far as i can tell as an anglophone working in quebec