Comments

You must log in or register to comment.

JayhawkInMaine t1_iqt9krj wrote

I had my first scallops when I lived in the FL Gulf Coast. It was the “pal” pronunciation there. I’ve heard it both ways since I moved from there though.

2

[deleted] t1_iqtbaxa wrote

Rhymes with "wallop!"

66

RatherNerdy t1_iqtivdf wrote

I say it both ways. No rhyme or reason. I'm originally from the south, so I think I said it more like "pal" with the short a, but I've been living here for 20 years, so now I seem to pronounce it in a hybrid way

1

ADDYISSUES89 t1_iqtj083 wrote

I use BOTH, but primarily the second way, born in Hancock county, raised there, too. Both my brothers fish, worked for the family restaurant. Doesn’t matter how you “qualify” the pronunciation, however, because IT DOESN’T MATTER.

Maine is riddled with accents, from downeast to transatlantic, to Boston bastardizations.

8

kmkmrod t1_iqtjjfj wrote

All

Scallop

14

canning_queen t1_iqtkey9 wrote

Like 'pal' - mostly out of spite because my parents constantly tried to get me to say it the other way growing up. 0:)

Edited for clarification!

−1

Hot_Salad9000 t1_iqtkf44 wrote

It’s a caramel-caramel thing for me. Whatever comes out is what you get.

5

Baymavision t1_iqtkxa5 wrote

Here's the thing. When I read it, it's ah like pal. But, if I'm just saying it, I say it correctly, like awl.

9

xavyre t1_iqtmc86 wrote

Like pal but I've used awl infrequently.

1

Dancing_Queen_99 t1_iqtmymj wrote

I have heard the different pronunciations so often that don't know anymore.

Both pronunciations sound wrong in my head so I just say the version that sounds the least incorrect that particular day.

3

BeemHume t1_iqtnle9 wrote

Do you say scalloped potatoes different than you say scallop the bivalve? (i think theyre bi valves)

10

DUHchungaDOWNundah t1_iqtomx1 wrote

It’s “scallop”. Because you “call” someone on the phone, not “call” them

6

MoxiousMouse t1_iqts8j4 wrote

Replying to Hot_Salad9000 (#18,565)

Same, it's contextual for me. Caramel pronounced with both a's if its a candy or something fancy, just plain old "carmel" if its a flavoring in something else. Scawlops if its by itself or still fresh in the shell, Scahlops if its stuffed, battered or in something else. Dunno why for either!

2

Snooper2323 t1_iqtufe1 wrote

When I say skall-up, I feel like such a fraud. 😱 It’s skawl-up. I’d never heard it pronounced any other way until I left the state…

3

UseforaMoose t1_iqtwmm9 wrote

What the hell I didn’t know the way I say scallop was a hint that I’m from away…

8

winstonsmith8236 t1_iqtxr6t wrote

Scawlup sounds like it’d be the Viking word for cod piece. I saw scal -like Al Bundt-lup but I’m scolded every time by my familial Mainers.

1

Darth_Quaider t1_iqtylqh wrote

Depends on price and setting for me. Scallop is always for fried and/or a large serving, quality isn't the factor, but for the record - this is my preference. But for settings where they're served at a high price with only a small serving, I always use "scawllope" but honestly, I've only been satisfied by this serving maybe once or twice based on price/quality

1

MSCOTTGARAND t1_iqtziol wrote

Skawl if I'm being casual, Scaal if I'm wearing tight pants and a cardigan.

2

mykabelle t1_iqu9fzy wrote

S (like snake) cal like pal lup like pup scalup ¿

2

DidDunMegasploded t1_iqu9gro wrote

Sc-aah-lop.

So like how you would pronounce "pal". Never heard it said the other way.

1

bradem t1_iquam0d wrote

The second way…I guess I’m a heathen

1

cucu_freedom t1_iquiwnd wrote

scawl when its food but scal when its a scalloped edge. i don’t know why

1

Guilty-Operation7 t1_iquo5gj wrote

Hearing it the pal way makes me cringe.

It's like how most people feel when they hear "moist."

Yuck.

3

RecycledTrash2021 t1_iquyojz wrote

Scahl-up the awl way. Though I always thought ah like deeha eta

2

ecco-domenica t1_iqv6wd8 wrote

Now do weir. Weer or ware. Loam: lome or loom. Clap-boards or clabberds. Star-board or stabberd. Noreaster or Notheaster.

1

pinetreesandcake t1_iqv6wge wrote

I've been saying it the 'pal' way but it always sounded wrong. Now I know why.

1

BrewersWife13 t1_iqv83m2 wrote

Pal. But I'm from the south. Don't ask me how to say oil. For 33 years I said it my way. Never had anyone tell me how wrong it was until I got to Maine and had to call around for oil prices. 🤣 Now at 34 years old I just read the room and pronounce appropriately.

3

BARRYTHUNDERWOOD t1_iqveiww wrote

My dad was a scallop diver for many years, I’ve always felt that the person who jumps in the ocean at 6am in January to go get ‘em gets to decide how to pronounce it, and it’s scawlup.

4

SadExtension524 t1_iqvj53b wrote

I've noticed people from Mid Atlantic states tend to say it like "pal" while New Englanders say it like "awl".

2

undertow521 t1_iqvw26f wrote

Sc-AWL-up.

This Sc-AL-up nonsense needs to end.

1

mailbroad t1_iqvzeqd wrote

I'm originally from near Rochester, NY. I have the flat A, no not nasal, accent and say scale-up. But, I don't talk about them so there's that.

Edit: I live in Vermont now. Not as much scallop talk here.

1

Logan_W_Logan t1_iqw0v7f wrote

The awl sound comes from the less common spelling scollop, but has now become an alternative pronunciation for the more common spelling scallop

1

ptmtp26 t1_iqwevp5 wrote

That’s me. I’m the heathen

1

Capable-Broccoli2179 t1_iqyaic2 wrote

Depends where you are and what you are ordering. The classy way with awl when fine dining. If fried at a clam shack then it’s the other way.

1