Names you don't know how to pronounce

[Anonymous]

Yeah, arrow and error do have the same beginning sound.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lana (first name.)

Lah nah

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Esme

Ez may

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, arrow and error do have the same beginning sound.

No, they don't. "Arrow" has a short a sound and "Error" has a short e sound. Don't you people have ears? You would't say "Errow," would you? At least I hope not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Beauvoir the school

Anyone?
No one knows!!!

From a Beauvoir teacher: Bow (like hair bow) var

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:what about chi town (as in chicago)?

I say 'shy-town'. Native Chicagoan. I'm trying to think if I've ever heard differently.

Also native Chicagoan. I pronounce it Chai town, as do all my Chicago friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aaron.

With an American accent, it sounds like "Erin" so I usually have to depend on context to figure out which it is. Where I'm from we say "Ay-ron"

I've always pronounced it Ar-ron. Not quite "are" but not quite "air" either. To me, Aaron rhymes with Sharon.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Aaron.

With an American accent, it sounds like "Erin" so I usually have to depend on context to figure out which it is. Where I'm from we say "Ay-ron"

I've always pronounced it Ar-ron. Not quite "are" but not quite "air" either. To me, Aaron rhymes with Sharon.

I say AYR-inn for both.

Then again I am from Wisconsin where we say bayg and flayg, not behhhg and flehhhg

[Anonymous]

How do you pronounce zeppoli (Italian doughnuts)

[Anonymous]

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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.

Similarly, Sarah and Sara are pronounced differently.

Sara here and Ivan assure you Sara and Sarah are exactly the same. I know several of both. The H is silent.

Also a Sarah (American but grew up in England). SaraH is pronounced Sare-ah whereas Sara is pronounced Sah-rah. Cara and Tara also rhyme with Sah-rah to me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, arrow and error do have the same beginning sound.

No, they don't. "Arrow" has a short a sound and "Error" has a short e sound. Don't you people have ears? You would't say "Errow," would you? At least I hope not.

I can hear the difference, chill out. I also speak two foreign languages and have a good ear for those!
I'm just telling you that many regions pronounce them the same. I wouldn't say Errow and I wouldn't say Error- I say "airror". It is what it is. I love so much of where I'm from, I'm not going to change for you. I also love different regional accents. It's what makes us all special.

[Anonymous]

Aaron is obviously pronounced Ay-ay-ron.

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[Anonymous]

ah crap, didn't work. Key & Peele on pronouncing names: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd7FixvoKBw

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you pronounce zeppoli (Italian doughnuts)

Zep o lee

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Diaspora

Die-as-pore-ah