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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!

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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.

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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. :D

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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. :D

 

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

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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. :D

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

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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 :lol:

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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 :lol:

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 :)

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