The debate in my house for almost a week now has been how to pronounce the name of the popular clothing store, Aeropostale. Do you pronounce the T or not? My oldest says without, and my youngest says with. These girls are only nineteen months (11 & 12) apart and are at the age where they can bicker about anything or nothing.
Usually I can break their feud with my opinion being the tie breaker, but not this time. I've always pronounced the name without the T. As a teenager, all my friends did, too. It may have been due to my geographic location. I don't know. This answer didn't satisfy my little one who told me "You people just don't know about this kind of stuff anymore." The image of the fence came rushing to the front of my mind again. See earlier post.
She told me she'd prove she was right and bring home hard data from school. She was sure everyone in her (advanced) fifth grade class pronounced the T. A tally mark list would be her proof. My 7th grader took a poll of her friends via text message.
Their results are in. It was unanimous in the fifth grade. Aeropostale is pronounced with a T. Of my seventh graders close circle of friends, 80% pronounce it with a T.
These results are backed by Wikipedia's pronunciation of the word. However, I don't know if I'm truly convinced. Everyone that I know (from my generation) drops the T. And when we shopped their Wiregrass location in Tampa on Friday, their own employee greeted us, "Welcome to Aeropostale," without pronouncing the T.
I guess this means the subject is still open for debate. Is Aeropostale pronounced with or without the "T"? I'd like to hear from you. How do you pronounce, Aeropostale?
- Heather Tweet
Wait- no T? I always thought it was air-o-post-A-lei
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