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CarRIBbean or CaribBEan ? 11:19 - Sep 8 with 2439 views

I am with Wreckless Eric and Totally Tropical on this, CaribBEan

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CarRIBbean or CaribBEan ? on 11:27 - Sep 8 with 2425 views

SWGF

Billy Ocean was from Trinidad and he pronounced it the correct way.

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CarRIBbean or CaribBEan ? on 11:38 - Sep 8 with 2394 views

hoppy

CarRIBbean or CaribBEan ? on 11:27 - Sep 8 by SWGF
Billy Ocean was from Trinidad and he pronounced it the correct way.

Case closed.

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CarRIBbean or CaribBEan ? on 11:54 - Sep 8 with 2374 views

J2BLUE

CaribBEan

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CarRIBbean or CaribBEan ? on 14:01 - Sep 8 with 2318 views

jontysnut

CarRIBbean or CaribBEan ? on 11:54 - Sep 8 by J2BLUE
CaribBEan

the latter in Whoa I'm going to Barbados by Typically Tropical. Authority enough for me.

CarRIBbean or CaribBEan ? on 14:07 - Sep 8 with 2309 views

WeWereZombies

CarRIBbean or CaribBEan ? on 11:38 - Sep 8 by hoppy
Case closed.

But the trouble with these cold cases is that someone always had to go and re-open them...

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CarRIBbean or CaribBEan ? on 15:52 - Sep 8 with 2269 views

hoppy

CarRIBbean or CaribBEan ? on 14:07 - Sep 8 by WeWereZombies
But the trouble with these cold cases is that someone always had to go and re-open them...

Kevin Ayers was born in Herne Bay, Kent... Billy Ocean was born in Trinidad.

I think your evidence would be thrown out. I'm still with Billy on this one.

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CarRIBbean or CaribBEan ? on 16:29 - Sep 8 with 2250 views

solemio

CarRIBbean or CaribBEan ? on 11:54 - Sep 8 by J2BLUE
CaribBEan

The vast majority of the folk who live there would pronounce it
CaRIBean.

Most of the rest of the world pronounce it as you say.

Who should be right?

CarRIBbean or CaribBEan ? on 20:21 - Sep 8 with 2206 views

Vic

CarRIBbean or CaribBEan ? on 16:29 - Sep 8 by solemio
The vast majority of the folk who live there would pronounce it CaRIBean. Most of the rest of the world pronounce it as you say. Who should be right?

J2 has it right. Others need to get in line with proper English pronunciation, not some jolly foreigners way of saying it.

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