HTDE: Yes We Pecan, with Martha Stewart

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🗓️ 13 November 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Two roommates disagree about how to pronounce "pecan," so Mike and Ian call up Martha Stewart–and others–to help. Plus, an Italian town in the shadow of the Alps spent three months of the year without sunlight, until Mayor Pierfranco Midali decided to make his own sun.

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0:24.1	Hey guys, it's Peter here with another episode of How to Do Everything, hosted by
0:27.5	Wait, wait, producers Mike Danforth and Ian Schillog.
0:30.2	This week, just ahead of Thanksgiving, the guys ring up hospitality icon Martha Stewart
0:35.8	to help a listener pronounce the word that is spelled P-E-C-A-N, so popular
0:42.1	in your Thanksgiving meals. Now, I, Peter Sagal, pronounce it like almond. But, you know,
0:52.0	whatever. Martha probably has more authority on this topic than me. Now, if you like what you hear, make sure to get out of this feed and go over and follow them on their own How to Do Everything feed. Now, enjoy the latest episode of How to Do Everything.
1:10.2	What can we help you with, Alexa?
1:12.0	So, okay, my mother is a born and raised Texan.
1:17.9	It was taught from a very young age that the proper pronunciation of a certain nut is pecan and not pecan.
1:28.4	And this is important because the state nut of Texas is the pecan.
1:35.9	And I recently moved in with some new roommates in New York, two of which are from Texas.
1:43.8	And I assumed they would also understand the importance
1:48.3	of the pronunciation of pecan, and one of them does. However, the other does not. So your
1:56.0	roommates, one says pecan and the other roommate, both from Texasas the other roommate says pecan yes have you ever been
2:03.2	corrected have you ever said pecan and somebody corrected you no but i am quick to make my feelings
2:13.5	known if someone says the other pronunciation it does almost i, I'm just going to say this, Alexa.
2:20.4	You almost sound like you might be a little bit pedantic when it comes to pecanes.
2:24.4	I mean, the fact that you're throwing out, it is the state nut.
2:28.0	I wasn't, I wasn't until I moved in with Texans.
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