It's split about 50-50 in our newsroom.
How do you pronounce the word Halloween?
What about "orange" as in the color of a pumpkin?
And here's another one - how do you say "horror" as in what you're supposed to feel when you visit a haunted house this time of year.
As a North Carolina native I have always pronounced "halloween" with the first syllable sounding like the nickname of Harold. It's HAL-oh-ween. However some of our folks insist on calling it HALL-oh-ween or HAUL-oh-ween.
There's a big football game tonight in Orange County. Is it AHR-eng or ORE-eng County? You decide.
Lynda Loveland used to kid me about my pronuncation of "horror." I used to say HAHR-or. I now say HORE-or. How do you say it?
Weigh in with your ideas and make me light up like a jack-o-lantern!
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