my annual question- do you call it "prom" or "the prom"

JAM2000 · May 2011

It always makes me chuckle this time of year because on TV I hear "prom" yet in my area everyone calls it "the prom"

When I hear "I'm going to prom" it just sounds so strange to me, like the sentence needs a the in there.

so what's it called near you?

EnglishMajor03 · May 2011

the prom

Temp174496125006552 · May 2011

I say the prom.

For example: Jordan is going to the prom with her boyfriend, Jeff in a couple of weeks. (true story)

tabi_ja · May 2011

Just prom. As in, "I went to prom three times."

susanmosley · May 2011

I'm going to prom with Brad. No the needed

But you are right, doesn't seem right

charlatti · May 2011

I actually think both ways sound normal. I can't decide which one is more common around here; I think they're used equally.

Court0026 · May 2011

the prom

cactus5 · May 2011

I just say prom.

jallen76 · May 2011

Just prom.

hellopoppyseed · May 2011

The

huddlstn · May 2011

just prom

Mrs.Hizzo · May 2011

"prom"

Alexandra*sMom · May 2011

charlatti:
I actually think both ways sound normal. I can't decide which one is more common around here; I think they're used equally.

ditto.

kacelle · May 2011

Alexandra*sMom:
charlatti:
I actually think both ways sound normal. I can't decide which one is more common around here; I think they're used equally.
ditto.

This!

JessesGirl&MackenziesMom · May 2011

kacelle:
Alexandra*sMom:

charlatti:
I actually think both ways sound normal. I can't decide which one is more common around here; I think they're used equally.

ditto.

This!

same

MrsBalletStar05 · May 2011

Both sound ok to me, but it was probably referred to more as just *prom*.

BFab11 · May 2011

Prom. No "the"

BFab11 · May 2011

Oh and I think this needs a clicky!

distraction · May 2011

Just Prom

Mc_Newlywed · May 2011

I'm laughing because this question used to come up in my job every year. Our main yearly event never had a "the" used with it. Because it was an event like Christmas, Passover, Prom. But only if it was capitalized.

Smaller, non titled, events got "the" thrown in. "The basketball game." "I'm going to walk around the mall."

Where I grew up we said it both ways.