THE VOTE IS IN: AMERICANS PREFER `PE-KAWNS'

THE VOTE IS IN: AMERICANS PREFER `PE-KAWNS'

ATLANTA (Wireless Flash) -- Think the Florida recount was strange? Here's an even nuttier election: How to pronounce the word, "pecan." The National Pecan Shellers Association asked Americans to vote on their preferred pronunciation for the nut: "pee-CAN" or "Pe-Kawn." The vote is finally in and about 75 percent of Americans prefer to pronounce the nuts as "Pe-Kawns" -- which is how the Pecan Shellers will refer to them from now on. However, the verdict may still not settle the pecan pronunciation issue because most pecan publicity appears in written form and there are no plans to phonetically spell out "Pe-Kawn."