Daplumma Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Doesn't matter how you pronounce it Joe, poutine is good enough to be classed as nectar of the gods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 I've always heard it pronounced poo-teen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskieman Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Poots In ... I live in the French Fry / Poutine capital of Canada .... definitely ( poots in ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopheraaron Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Sorry any place that only has Pepsi doesn't get a vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBCregal Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Poot-sin. Ask for a POOTEEN in quebec and you might not like what you receive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopheraaron Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farsider Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 http://www.plankrestobar.ca/ called the plank restobar, for some reason I can't find it on a map. Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 A:Poot-sin ,WELL THATS HOW THE GERMANS PRONOUNCE IT AT WORK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Someone I know claims to have pennies hacksawed in half for the purposes of making a point when leaving a tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Wiki has an audio recording of the French way to pronounce it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walleye'm Fishing Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pics Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 My Acadian relatives in Nova Scotia pronounce it poo tin .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 I call it a coronary in the making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 If ya don't know, ones tasty and the other might be if it just came out of the shower, depending on age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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