To ask how you pronounce ice cream?

[Palmface]

ICE cream?

Or

Ice CREAM?

My dh pronounces it the second way, is it regional or just a him thing? He's from the East Midlands. Or does everyone say it that way and I'm the odd one?

That’s actually really interesting. I couldn’t even imagine what the emphasis on cream would sound like but there it is. It’s like ice is the descriptor of the cream in British English but in the American one it sounds equal, like it is being said as a whole new noun.

Slightly more emphasis on cream (south east England).

Though I came on this thread to see if it was about the South African pronunciation. I used to work in a pub-restaurant with a SA girl who pronounced it "Arse Cream". It always made me think that she'd be serving up a bowl of Preparation H.

I think it's generational as well as/instead of regional.

Ice CREAM is more old fashioned ( I say it) and British. ICE Cream is more American (my kids say it, and I say it sometimes, I think).

I don't know how you would pronounce it "evenly" without sounding like a robot.

Yes, ICE cream was the US pronunciation, ice CREAM the UK version (not sure about other English-speaking countries) but in the same way many US words have taken root over the years, ICE cream is now so common here that it doesn’t seem correct to insist on this distinction.

No idea which I say as both feel very natural. I’m the same way with ‘either’ - I really don’t know how I naturally say it as both pronunciations feel comfortable.

Even emphasis on both words. From the Midlands.

Slight emphasis on the 'cream'. I'm from SE England.

Like pp I would associate a heavy emphasis on 'ice' with the US

Haha at oy scream from @smileladiesplease.

I know it’s been disputed but I also thought that ice CREAM was UK English and ICE cream was US English. I use both as I watch too much American tv.

Also, I want ice cream now.

I had to really think about this, and I think I change the emphasis based on how it fits into a sentence?

I know it's totally irrational, but when some people pronounce it "eyesgreem" it makes me rage internally!

Any other one who says 'I scream' here

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