Talk:crepe

I understood that the noun crepe with the inverted > (90 degrees to the left, over the first "e"), was of French derivation, and is pronounced like "rep" with the cr affixed as the prefix. (phonetically spelled: crep.) I've had inputs from different people that the word, when used to describe the very thin pancake which is rolled up and powdered with sugar, is supposed to be pronounced as "crepe" (phonetically like: crape). I even had a "chef" in a small restaurant say the latter pronunciation is correct.

I don't have the audio capability on my PC, so can't listen to it.

Can anyone answer this conundrum? SH

Other than that it's called a circumflex (ê) not really, no. There is such as thing as regional (or even individual) variation. Mglovesfun (talk) 17:45, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

• In French, it is pronounced roughly similar to English "krep". As an English word, there is some variety. "Krep"-forms and "kraype"-forms are both common (I would say the latter is more common in the US, whereas the former perhaps more common in the UK). But it is not "supposed" to be pronounced any particular way: there is always a bit of variation when a foreign loanword gets taken up into English, and that's fine. Ƿidsiþ 18:01, 27 July 2009 (UTC)