Why cant Americans pronounce "craig"??

Open your fuckin ears!

Give us the phonetically spelled version in which we low life must say it.

Cray-ger. But say it fast, one syllable, and the 'ger' like in an exclamation mark. Not "kreg".

Good grief. A pronunciation thread?

ac·cent (ksnt)
n.
1. The relative prominence of a particular syllable of a word by greater intensity or by variation or modulation of pitch or tone.
2. Vocal prominence or emphasis given to a particular syllable, word, or phrase.
3. A characteristic pronunciation, especially:
a. One determined by the regional or social background of the speaker.
b. One determined by the phonetic habits of the speaker's native language carried over to his or her use of another language.

move out of the babble belt.

Where in the world is the "er" coming from?!

There is no er in craig!

Why do you ax?

there is no sex in the champagne room

What makes you think OUR version is the "wrong" version?

raff out roud!!!

The OP is either confused or should be riding the short yellow bus.

Craig, is NOT pronounced 'kray ger'

My brothers name is Craig.

It is pronounced 'Cray guh'

peace..........

It is clearly pronounced "crah-eeeegah"

A Chinaman telling us how to speak English? Aw HELLZ no.

eeeeegah?

Get real.

Cray guh and very short on the 'guh'

cray ger?

you cant even say the letter R so how the fuck would you know

matter of fact..try saying PRELL haha this is good shit

It's "Carl"

Not "Carla"

Just "Carl" -- "Caaaarrrrl"

PREL-LER?

Craig [kreig]

Grill [gril]

You are absolutely right and the reason is Americans tend to be sloppy with their enunciation. I always try to say "Crage".

Apologies for my asshole countrymen and their assholish remarks.

Good grief.

Don't apologize for me, coward.

Can you understand me now?

the name you hear is greg not craig

same reason they cant say aksk

Its not pronounced Xhiou by the way either its loo with an -ipzig at the end.

Do you know how many dialects there are in the US?? I don't say kreg but some people do.

I remember hearing about the craig lights in Germany.

crayfish is also pronounced "kregfish" it would seem.