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And so do I. So do most people. Does anyone actually say po-tah-to?

not me.

po-tay-to

Never heard of anyone say po-tah-to

I say Spuds.

Mashed Spuds, Baked Spuds, :p

mo-naked-hoes

or

po-tay-toe

I say Spuds.

Mashed Spuds, Baked Spuds, :p

Heretic!

Tuber.

It's a funny word.

I say taters.

I say taters.

That's because you're common.

And so do I. So do most people. Does anyone actually say po-tah-to?

Only when I sing...

That's because you're common.

That's simply how we do things in the shire. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr_01rYKQLg)

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That's simply how we do things in the shire. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr_01rYKQLg)

That actually made me laugh.

I've never heard anyone say PO-TAH-TOES. I've also never heard "ursters;" I think Fred Astaire was just talking through his incredibly stylish hat.

Kartoffel!

Po-Tay-Toes. I've never heard anyone actually use po-tah-toes. Although, on occasion, I will say 'tubers'.

Po-Tah-Toes. I've never heard anyone actually use po-tah-toes. Although, on occasion, I will say 'tubers'.

Yay!!

Well there is a difference in how people say tom-ay-toes and tom-ah-toes and not much rhymes with them so the spuds take the hit.

Well there is a difference in how people say tom-ay-toes and tom-ah-toes and not much rhymes with them so the spuds take the hit.
i havent heard more than a handful of people say tom-ah-toes and i dont think ive ever heard anyone say poe-tah-toes.

well OK the husband says "poe-tah-toes" sometimes but he's just goofing.

I think you'll find they're called 'tatties'.

i say RAM-AN-NOO-DLE!

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What a random thread this is...I love it.

If you have to say "potato" at all, you don't know potatoes. I just go by variety.

Never head anyone say po-tah-toe either...

PotatoYou went through all that trouble for that?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV6nJxg7mM0

And so do I. So do most people. Does anyone actually say po-tah-to?


No.
The original saying was about tomato, not potato.
But apparently some people somewhere got it in thier heads that folks somewhere might use the same pronounication difference on potatoes as well....

i use po-tah-toes when i dine with the queen...

"if you would be so kind as to pass the potahtoes,maam?"
"the wa..? OH the spuds? sure love,ere ya go"

:(

And so do I. So do most people. Does anyone actually say po-tah-to?

I just go with potato. Call me a traditionalist.

i havent heard more than a handful of people say tom-ah-toes.

I am guessing you have not met more than a handful of people from Britain then. Everyone I know here in Britain calls them 'tom-ah-toes'... apart from one guy who calls them 'spew-fruit'.

Kartoffel!

Härdöpfu.

pom du tare, (lit: earth-apples) anybody?
(no they don't grow on a wiffle tree, those are horse apples)

I think you'll find they're called 'tatties'.

Quick, we need to make the Military Tattie!

I try to stick to this pronunciation: pəˈtātō , which I guess can be rendered more closely with po-tah-to . Then again, my pronunciation of english has been described like "sounds like english learned from a Wehrmacht manual"...:(

Anyway: patata! kartoffel! pomme-de-terre! batata! kartofel'!

Btw, also "taters".

I say 'Po-tay-to'. But I also say 'To-mah-to'. I'm British.