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Can someone confirm if trait is pronounced "trait" or "tray"? Are both correct?

― Shane, Monday, 4 August 2003 08:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Both corrrect but I've never actually heard anyone use tray and not sure when you would.

― Simeon (Simeon), Monday, 4 August 2003 09:57 (twenty-two years ago)

My grade 8 social studies teacher insisted on pronouncing it "tray". I used to crawl around on the floor and pretend I was a monster in her class.

― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 4 August 2003 14:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I hope she beat you Bryan.

― Texas Sam (thatgirl), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

No. She arranged a counsellor to talk to me and that helped very much. She was a very special person.

― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I just send kids like you to the counselor and he beats them. Keeps my hands clean.

― Texas Sam (thatgirl), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

The man did make me cry at school which was pretty bad, I guess. I think that was around the time that corporal punishment was finally outlawed. I probably did need a beating. The teacher actually found the monster routine kinda funny at first (she generally found me entertaining and we stayed friends after I left that school), but I think after three or four times she decided it was a cry for help and she got me some. We made fun of her for saying "tray", by the way. We were 14. What choice did we have? ;-)

― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm making fun of her now. Who the hell says "tray"?

― Texas Sam (thatgirl), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:39 (twenty-two years ago)

She was also missing the last joint of one of her index fingers (she worked in a meat packing plant when she was a student and it was cut off), though I can't remember what we said to make fun of her for that. Probably just called her stub or something unimaginative like that.

― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

It is both. A lecturer at university always used to talk about trays - confusing the stupid people. If you speak English you should say trait and have done with it. Tray is a posey French way of saying it and everyone just thinks you are a dickhead if you say tray for trait.

― kayT (kaytee), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

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