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| Donna
 |  "Pronunciation"
, Sun 28 Jul 12:46 
Settle a bet for me. My grandparent's family is from Coosa and Tallapoosa Counties. They pronounced the word "Crappie". However, general consensus is that the word is "Croppie", which doesn't make sense because of the spelling? Can anyone tell me the correct pronunciation??
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| KinnieA
| "Re(1):Pronunciation" , Sun 5 Jan 12:39
I live in Mobile, AL. and we call them white perch. Yankees call'em Crappie!
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| | anonymous
| "Re(2):Pronunciation" , Wed 12 Mar 15:09
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| | tk
| "Re(2):Pronunciation" , Wed 12 Mar 15:08
You dumbasses its crappie.
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| | marty
| "Re(3):Pronunciation" , Wed 12 Mar 15:12
your the dumb ass.
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| | Donna
| "Re(2):Pronunciation" , Sat 28 Sep 15:48
The New Lexicon Websters Dictionary pronounces it "crappie" (like "a" in cat). Which is what caused me to come to the people who use the word the most to answer the question! I figured, with the dictionary proving me right, I would win but now I find that even dictionaries disagree on this one! LOL!
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| Gary Harlan
| "Re(1):Pronunciation" , Tue 30 Jul 12:52
Well yes and no.....I have always 40+ years pronounced it Croppy although many fishermen I have met north of the Mason Dixon line insist it is Cra-ppie. (with the "a" sounding like the "a" in apple). The pronuciation/enuciation is in the mouth of the beholder --- I have heard them called specks, sacalait(Louisiana), and speckled perch....My $0.02 worth
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| | Ricky W.
| "Re(2):Pronunciation" , Fri 9 Aug 18:29
Well, My family from North Carolina pronounces it "Crappie" I,ve been in Alabama since 1989 and have never heard it pronounced any other than "Croppie"..Did you win the bet?
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| | ctanner
| "Re(3):Pronunciation" , Fri 6 Sep 10:09
Here in Mobile we call them "white perch" and if you called them crappie no one would know what you were talking about.
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| | chummin chaunc
| "Re(4):Pronunciation" , Sat 7 Dec 09:10
Here in Pa., they're called by both, Crappie and Croppie. Depends on what side of the tracks you're from. regardless, they taste the same no matter what you call em....
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