Hallowe'en

Travis   Sat Jul 14, 2007 3:42 am GMT
I pronounce "Halloween" as [%hA:M\@:wi~:n] or [%hA:M\@:wi~:]; this could be directly derived from "hallow" in my dialect, which is ["hA:M\o:].

(Note that in more informal or unstressed speech [M] can be found here in the place of [M\].)
Lazar   Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:39 am GMT
I pronounce "Halloween" as [%h{l@"wi:n], with the same initial vowel as "hallow" ["h{l7U]. I have heard a lot of people pronounce it with [A] or [Q]; I'm not sure which pronunciation is more common.
Jim   Sat Jul 14, 2007 6:23 am GMT
I pronounce "Halloween" as [%h{@5@"wi:n] which of course compares to my "hallow" which I pronounce [%h{@5@].

Lazar, I find your light "l" kind of interesting. I have a dark "l" there.
Jim   Sat Jul 14, 2007 6:27 am GMT
"Halloween" is a contraction of "All Hallow's Eve". As such, it would suggest "Halloween" having the same vowel as "hallow". However, for many people, that's not the case.
Sean   Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:53 am GMT
I pronounce it as [h{5@win].
Uriel   Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:17 pm GMT
I use the same A in Halloween as I do in hallow. But some people insist on saying Holloween, as if it were derived from hollow.