Names you don't know how to pronounce

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isla

EYE-luh

The S is silent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Xavier. I pronounce is like Ja-vi-eh but I hear lots of ex-av-e-or.

I'm from Massachusetts and there was an old joke I recall that only we New Englanders pronounce "Mary," "merry" and "marry" completely differently.

You can add Kerry and Carrie to that list. All my Midwest friends pronounce them the same even after I pointed out the berry Barry example.

What do you mean the Barry berry example?! They are the same, too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Xavier. I pronounce is like Ja-vi-eh but I hear lots of ex-av-e-or.

I'm from Massachusetts and there was an old joke I recall that only we New Englanders pronounce "Mary," "merry" and "marry" completely differently.

You can add Kerry and Carrie to that list. All my Midwest friends pronounce them the same even after I pointed out the berry Barry example.

What do you mean the Barry berry example?! They are the same, too

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Xavier. I pronounce is like Ja-vi-eh but I hear lots of ex-av-e-or.

I'm from Massachusetts and there was an old joke I recall that only we New Englanders pronounce "Mary," "merry" and "marry" completely differently.

You can add Kerry and Carrie to that list. All my Midwest friends pronounce them the same even after I pointed out the berry Barry example.

What do you mean the Barry berry example?! They are the same, too

Nope.

Please explain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speaking of G...Which G is a "hard G?"
Get or Giraffe?

Get is hard, giraffe is soft.

I came up with a (dorky) way to remember the difference - hard G is a ganster, soft G is a gentelman. Hope that helps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isla

EYE-luh

The S is silent.

Not for me.

Isla is a beautiful name, simply pronounced Isla, as in Madonna's Isla Bonita.

If you cannot say even that...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isla

EYE-luh

The S is silent.

Not for me.

Isla is a beautiful name, simply pronounced Isla, as in Madonna's Isla Bonita.

If you cannot say even that...

Isla can be pronounced Eye-la or Eez-la. It can be Scottish or Spanish.

[Anonymous]

Anaise

I assume it's pronounced An az with a long a on the second sylable.

[Anonymous]

Iseult
Honoria

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Honoria

ah-NOR-ee-uh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speaking of G...Which G is a "hard G?"
Get or Giraffe?

Get is hard, giraffe is soft.

I came up with a (dorky) way to remember the difference - hard G is a ganster, soft G is a gentelman. Hope that helps.

Love it.

[Anonymous]

Cockamamie

Cockerel

Cockhead

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isla

EYE-luh

The S is silent.

Not for me.

Isla is a beautiful name, simply pronounced Isla, as in Madonna's Isla Bonita.

If you cannot say even that...

You're kidding, right? Different languages/traditions, different pronunciations.

[Anonymous]

Diaspora

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I was growing up, in NY, there were actually slightly different pronunciations for:

Carrie
Kerry

It's all the same to me.

I'm from NY, and those are completely different pronunciations. The PP who hears Aaron/ Erin the same with the "American" (you do realize there are different accents in different parts of America, right?) accent, Aaron is pronounced with a short A like arrow. Erin is pronounced with a short E like error.

Oh, but wait. Arrow and Error (Airrow and Airrer) have the same beginning. Native New Englander but not with the weird Boston accent part.