How do you pronounce project as in "a building project"?

[stuckmotor]

After viewing a great deal of YouTube, it seems to me that when people in Canada refer to a building, or farm "project" etc., they tend to pronounce the long O as in "pole and oh" when they say PROJECT. while people in the lower 48 use the short O as in "ox and top".

Where the pronunciation differs is just something I'm curious about.

If anyone would care to comment on whether they use the long or short pronunciation of the O in PROJECT and tell where they picked up their pronunciation, please do so.

Alaskans and Hawaiians will be particularly interesting.

 

[Doofy]

Eh?

 

[Doofy]

I enjoy Canadian Speak. Very unique.

 

[etpm]

In Canada it's the long O, in USA the short O. Unless you live near the border. Then it may be either. Then there is the accent from New Brunswick, a province in eastern Canada. Lyse Doucet, a journalist who works for the BBC speaks with this distinctive accent. It was more pronounced when I first heard her years ago. It is an interesting accent.
Eric

 

[oosik]

Long "O" - short "o" - as long as English is spoken, I'm OK. I can even understand French - if spoken slowly and without localized slurs.

 

[MossRoad]

We'll watch pictures of the project on the projector.

 

[wawajake]

Since you should be a "pro " to handle a project, I pronounce it " pro" ject

 

[HawkinsHollow]

I say Pr-ah-Ject. Maybe it's becauseI am from Chic-ah-go

 

[MossRoad]

I say Pr-ah-Ject. Maybe it's becauseI am from Chic-ah-go

Da Bears!

 

[kevin37b]

I am really disapointed MOSS .

 

[dodge man]

I can’t answer the question but I have a sudden urge to drink Molson.

 

[MossRoad]

I am really disapointed MOSS .

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[stuckmotor]

In Canada it's the long O, in USA the short O. Unless you live near the border. Then it may be either. Then there is the accent from New Brunswick, a province in eastern Canada. Lyse Doucet, a journalist who works for the BBC speaks with this distinctive accent. It was more pronounced when I first heard her years ago. It is an interesting accent.
Eric

Thank you, Eric.
After hearing it with the short O all my life in the US and hearing many Canadian YouTubers use the long O, I came across a YouTuber from BC who deliberately pronounced it both ways. I told her I thought the long O pronunciation was Canadian and the short O pronunciation, American. She didn't agree.so, I thought I'd ask here to see what I could find out.

 

[Bill Guenthner]

No matter how you pronounce it, it's going to take longer and cost more than you thought it would. That applies in all regions, regardless of dialect.

 

[deezler]

The only time I say project with a long O is when your are telling someone to speak more loudly and clearly. PRO-JECT!

 

[stuckmotor]

The only time I say project with a long O is when your are telling someone to speak more loudly and clearly. PRO-JECT!

Me too.

 

[MossRoad]

The door closer is closer to the wall.

 

[bcp]

Long O sometimes: The slide projecter projects an image onto the screen.


Short O for whatever I'm working on.

Bruce

 

[JethroB]

What are y’all talking aboot? Or am I completely oot of my mind?

 

[stuckmotor]

What are y’all talking aboot? Or am I completely oot of my mind?

Your writing reads like some of my relatives in the Charleston area sound. There are people in certain parts of the UK who sound the same as them but without the drawl.