Re: the pronunciation of a certain fruity drink...
 

Okay, I've been thinking about this...and I need to know what the consensus is among my fellow Fodorites....in your travels, when you order one, do you order a strawberry DACK-erie, or a strawberry DIKE-erie? My mother says the latter and it drives me batty. Okay, everyone weigh in...

I have never heard dike-erie. Only Dack-erie

I don't know anyone who has ever ordered an strawberry dacquiri, is it an american thing? I am sure that no matter which way you say it, it would have to be quietly.

Strawberry daiquiri's, in addition to other flavors, are sold everywhere in the US.

oh...and it's DACK-erie!

I was about to only the former is acceptable, but I decided to check Websters. Officially, both pronunciations are correct, but I have never heard it pronounced as the latter.

And while we're at it, a daiquiri is technically rum, lime juice, and sugar.

This guy agrees with your mom:

http://www.bartleby.com/61/80/D0008000.html

Considering that it's named for a town in Cuba, the Spanish pronunciation of the vowels makes sense.

On the East Coast, it is Dike-erie.

Puddy, are you serious? DIKE-erie is also correct? God, I hate it when my mother is right. But, I have only heard her plus like one other person in my lifetime pronounce it that way. Hey, thanks for checking Webster's for us. I didn't have one handy...

I've never heard it pronounced DIKE-erie and I bartended on the East Coast all through college.

I live on the East Coast too, and like I said, have only heard it pronounced DIKE-erie once or twice.

I too live on the East Coast and have never heard it called a DIKE-eri.

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=daiquiri

I've lived on the east coast all of my life and never once have I heard it pronounced Dike-erie.

puddin, if you're online, you have acces to tons of dictionaries, listed helpfully by Yahoo:

http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Dictionaries/

In Boston, we say Dike-erie. Lived here all my life too.

Cigalechanta, Must be a Boston thing. I've lived up down the east coast of the US and never heard DIKEerie..

What a hoot puddin. Learn something new everyday.

Anon, thanks for the reminder...I still always reach for the book.

I agree, obxgirl! Hey, fair enough, cigalechanta! Maybe it is a Boston thing.

I've heard "dak-ry" in New Orleans. Frozen daiquiris have become quite popular in the French Quarter over the last few years.

Just to be helpful - and because I also could not believe that anyone on any coast says "dike-erie" - I looked it up in the amazing, huge Random House Unabridged Dictionary. Not only is "dike -erie" there, it is the preferred pronunciation! I too had only heard "dack-erie," over many years, in many East coast cities, and with a son who has tended bar. Goes to show, some Mom's (though not this one) are always right!