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May 25, 2010

"Poutine" Rhymes with "Routine" (as in "Routinely Disgusting")

I live in Portland, Oregon, and here, there’s a new dish in town: Poutine. It’s so popular, the food even has its own website, namely Portland Poutine! 
If you’ve never had poutine (and I haven’t), it’s made with french fries, cheese curds, and brown gravy. I’m not sure if that sounds very good, and that picture doesn’t help much.

Maybe I should check with someone who’s actually eaten the stuff?
Okay, no poutine for me, thanks.

Addition: See the blog comments for notes on the correct pronunciation of poutine.
Poutine picture from Lisa Miru,
man by Mark Blinch for REUTERS 
via the Oddly Enough blog.

3 comments:

  1. GBKMay 25, 2010 at 9:26 PM

    FAIL: "Poutine" does not at all rhyme w/ "routine".

    the correct french canadian pronunciation sounds like pu-tsin.

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  2. DaveJune 4, 2010 at 4:07 AM

    GBK is correct in the French Canadian pronunciation of "poutine", but for most anglophones "poutine" does indeed rhyme with "routine."

    French Canadians pronounce "burger" very oddly [I won't even attempt a phonetic transcription], but we don't give them a hard time about it.

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  3. Bart KingJune 11, 2010 at 4:29 PM

    Thanks to both GBK and Dave...now I know how to pronounce poutine on BOTH sides of the border!

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No bad words, thanks!