In Central Fla. where I grew up it's Speckled Perch.

I pronoune it croppie.

Teufelhunden has it right. We call 'em specks too.
Difference between a white and black crappie- its the number spines on their dorsal fin (top fin) White Crappie have 6 spines, Black has 7 or 8.

Crappie here in Ark.

Croppie where I come from, same as in Merriam-Webster's dictionary. Still throws me whenever I hear someone say crappie. So how do you pronounce Rapala?

in indiana its pronounced like croppie. but spelled like crappie.

I'm a fish biologist- every report, paper, or fish ID book that I have read spells it crappie.

Where I'm from they are White Perch. Properly spelled Crappie we southerner's also pronounce it with an "A" rather than the long "o".

Hey, lay off S. Michigan, I've never pronounced it "Craapie"

A good crappie day is a wonderful thing.

Everyone in Alabama that i know spell it Crappie but pronounce it with an "O" instead of an "A".

I thaught It was Croppie until I started seeing posted hear. Never heard it called Crappie before. Sound's more like sour meat than a fish. I'll eat um no matter how it's spelled.

Ive heard it both ways but I call them crappie. Ive usually heard it pronounced croppie in southern states.

In Georgia it is pronounced just as it is spelled, crappie.