Kerry - there's something I really like about this name. Does it make you wonder if it's a girl?

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Anonymous wrote:I like Kerry and have only ever heard it used for a girl. I would pronounce Kerry and Carrie differently, so I wouldn't think of substituting one for the other.

How do you say them differently? They are the same .

Nope. My HS class had a Carrie and a Kerry. One, obviously, is pronounced with an /a/ sound and the other with an /e/ sound.
Kerry rhymes with Berry.
Carrie rhymes with Larry.

Maybe I'm just out of touch, but to me, Kerry, Berry, Carrie and Larry all rhyme with each other.

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Nobody would be able to tell the minor differences (if any) in normal conversation.

No. No. No. No. They rhyme because the final syllables are the same sound but are not the same sound in the first syllable. Do you pronounce merry and marry the same?

I grew up in New England and we had a joke that only we could properly pronounce Mary, merry and marry differently.

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I work with a "keri"

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Anonymous wrote:I like Kerry and have only ever heard it used for a girl. I would pronounce Kerry and Carrie differently, so I wouldn't think of substituting one for the other.

How do you say them differently? They are the same .

Nope. My HS class had a Carrie and a Kerry. One, obviously, is pronounced with an /a/ sound and the other with an /e/ sound.
Kerry rhymes with Berry.
Carrie rhymes with Larry.

Maybe I'm just out of touch, but to me, Kerry, Berry, Carrie and Larry all rhyme with each other.

This is just a regional accent issue. I'm from NY and to me "Merry," "Mary" and "Marry" are all pronounced differently. But depending where you're from you may pronounce 2 of those 3 (or even all three) the same.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like Kerry and have only ever heard it used for a girl. I would pronounce Kerry and Carrie differently, so I wouldn't think of substituting one for the other.

How do you say them differently? They are the same .

Nope. My HS class had a Carrie and a Kerry. One, obviously, is pronounced with an /a/ sound and the other with an /e/ sound.
Kerry rhymes with Berry.
Carrie rhymes with Larry.

Maybe I'm just out of touch, but to me, Kerry, Berry, Carrie and Larry all rhyme with each other.

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Nobody would be able to tell the minor differences (if any) in normal conversation.

No. No. No. No. They rhyme because the final syllables are the same sound but are not the same sound in the first syllable. Do you pronounce merry and marry the same?

I grew up in New England and we had a joke that only we could properly pronounce Mary, merry and marry differently.

That's a regional pronunciation difference (the Mary, merry, marry split) and most US English speakers merge them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_vowel_changes_before_historic_/r/

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I know a female and a male Kerry, several female Carries, and a female Keri.

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The only Kerry I know is male.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like Kerry and have only ever heard it used for a girl. I would pronounce Kerry and Carrie differently, so I wouldn't think of substituting one for the other.

How do you say them differently? They are the same .

Nope. My HS class had a Carrie and a Kerry. One, obviously, is pronounced with an /a/ sound and the other with an /e/ sound.
Kerry rhymes with Berry.
Carrie rhymes with Larry.

Maybe I'm just out of touch, but to me, Kerry, Berry, Carrie and Larry all rhyme with each other.

+1

Nobody would be able to tell the minor differences (if any) in normal conversation.

No. No. No. No. They rhyme because the final syllables are the same sound but are not the same sound in the first syllable. Do you pronounce merry and marry the same?

I grew up in New England and we had a joke that only we could properly pronounce Mary, merry and marry differently.

Yes, I do..

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like Kerry and have only ever heard it used for a girl. I would pronounce Kerry and Carrie differently, so I wouldn't think of substituting one for the other.

How do you say them differently? They are the same .

Nope. My HS class had a Carrie and a Kerry. One, obviously, is pronounced with an /a/ sound and the other with an /e/ sound.
Kerry rhymes with Berry.
Carrie rhymes with Larry.

Maybe I'm just out of touch, but to me, Kerry, Berry, Carrie and Larry all rhyme with each other.

+1

Nobody would be able to tell the minor differences (if any) in normal conversation.

No. No. No. No. They rhyme because the final syllables are the same sound but are not the same sound in the first syllable. Do you pronounce merry and marry the same?

I grew up in New England and we had a joke that only we could properly pronounce Mary, merry and marry differently.

I'm from New England too, and my family pronounces these differently. People from other places I've lived (NYC suburbs, DC) do not.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like Kerry and have only ever heard it used for a girl. I would pronounce Kerry and Carrie differently, so I wouldn't think of substituting one for the other.

How do you say them differently? They are the same .

Nope. My HS class had a Carrie and a Kerry. One, obviously, is pronounced with an /a/ sound and the other with an /e/ sound.
Kerry rhymes with Berry.
Carrie rhymes with Larry.

Maybe I'm just out of touch, but to me, Kerry, Berry, Carrie and Larry all rhyme with each other.

Wow. This must be a regional thing. The vowel sound in Larry and berry don't sound anything at all a like.
I got into an argument at college about fairy and ferry - they're different from each other too.
As are Aaron and Erin and Mary, merry, and marry.

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I think majority of people will pronounce Kerry and Carrie the same. I've only known 1 female Kerry so the name seems feminine to me. It's a nice name

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like Kerry and have only ever heard it used for a girl. I would pronounce Kerry and Carrie differently, so I wouldn't think of substituting one for the other.

How do you say them differently? They are the same .

Nope. My HS class had a Carrie and a Kerry. One, obviously, is pronounced with an /a/ sound and the other with an /e/ sound.
Kerry rhymes with Berry.
Carrie rhymes with Larry.

Maybe I'm just out of touch, but to me, Kerry, Berry, Carrie and Larry all rhyme with each other.

Oy. All of these sound exsactly the same.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like Kerry and have only ever heard it used for a girl. I would pronounce Kerry and Carrie differently, so I wouldn't think of substituting one for the other.

How do you say them differently? They are the same .

Kerry rhymes with merry (men), while Carrie rhymes with marry (man). Its the difference between men and man.

I think this is an East Coast thing. I grew up on the West Coast and we don't differentiate between Kerry and Carrie. Both are pronounced like Kerry.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like Kerry and have only ever heard it used for a girl. I would pronounce Kerry and Carrie differently, so I wouldn't think of substituting one for the other.

How do you say them differently? They are the same .

Nope. My HS class had a Carrie and a Kerry. One, obviously, is pronounced with an /a/ sound and the other with an /e/ sound.
Kerry rhymes with Berry.
Carrie rhymes with Larry.

Maybe I'm just out of touch, but to me, Kerry, Berry, Carrie and Larry all rhyme with each other.

+1

Nobody would be able to tell the minor differences (if any) in normal conversation.

No. No. No. No. They rhyme because the final syllables are the same sound but are not the same sound in the first syllable. Do you pronounce merry and marry the same?

I grew up in New England and we had a joke that only we could properly pronounce Mary, merry and marry differently.

I'm from New England too, and my family pronounces these differently. People from other places I've lived (NYC suburbs, DC) do not.

I grew up in NYC and all 3 of those are different. MAIRY, MEHRY, MAAHRY... sort of?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like Kerry and have only ever heard it used for a girl. I would pronounce Kerry and Carrie differently, so I wouldn't think of substituting one for the other.

How do you say them differently? They are the same .

Nope. My HS class had a Carrie and a Kerry. One, obviously, is pronounced with an /a/ sound and the other with an /e/ sound.
Kerry rhymes with Berry.
Carrie rhymes with Larry.

Maybe I'm just out of touch, but to me, Kerry, Berry, Carrie and Larry all rhyme with each other.

Agreed. How are you pronouncing Berry? It rhymes with Larry! Are you saying "Burry"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like Kerry and have only ever heard it used for a girl. I would pronounce Kerry and Carrie differently, so I wouldn't think of substituting one for the other.

How do you say them differently? They are the same .

Kerry rhymes with merry (men), while Carrie rhymes with marry (man). Its the difference between men and man.

I think this is an East Coast thing. I grew up on the West Coast and we don't differentiate between Kerry and Carrie. Both are pronounced like Kerry.

I'm east coast here. Maybe Boston or New Yorkers with accents pronounce those differently? Most do not.