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

   / How do you pronounce project as in "a building project"? #1  

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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.
 
   / How do you pronounce project as in "a building project"? #2  
Eh?
 
   / How do you pronounce project as in "a building project"? #3  
I enjoy Canadian Speak. Very unique.
 
   / How do you pronounce project as in "a building project"? #4  
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
 
   / How do you pronounce project as in "a building project"? #5  
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.
 
   / How do you pronounce project as in "a building project"? #7  
Since you should be a "pro " to handle a project, I pronounce it " pro" ject :)
 
   / How do you pronounce project as in "a building project"? #8  
I say Pr-ah-Ject. Maybe it's becauseI am from Chic-ah-go
 
   / How do you pronounce project as in "a building project"? #10  
I am really disapointed MOSS .
 

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