I pronounce it like awnt

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I pronounce it like awnt
My apologies for not being proficient in phonetic notation.
For the great majority or us, the insect and the sister of our mother are are the same: ANTs. But we have a minority who insist that our biological relatives are not ANTs but AWNTs. I am not quite sure who they are: New Englanders or United Empire Loyalists perhaps?
The word “aunt” has two correct pronunciations in AmE: ANT (like the insect) and AHNT.
Both pronunciations are given, in that order, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.) and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.).
The first (ANT) is by far the predominant American pronunciation. The second (AHNT) is common in the Northeast, some Southern dialects, and among African Americans.
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