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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rachel
Jill
[b]Kerri (prefer it to Carey)[/b]
Amy
Danielle
Katie

I don't like:

Stephanie
Jennifer
Courtney

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Those are both weird spellings. The traditional way is Carrie.[/quote]

Two different names- or is that a regional pronunciation thing?  Kerri and Carrie, to me, are pronounced completely differently[/quote]

That must be regional.  I grew up in the PNW and we pronounced those two names the same way.[/quote]

Completely different names.   Pronounced different.   Carrie is usually short for Carlott, Caroline, etc.    Kerri (Kerry) is an Irish name.  [/quote]

How do you say it? I have always said Carrie same as Kerri/Keri. I have heard Cari pronounced like Car-ee. But that's it. Every Carrie I've known has also said their name like Kerry/Kerri.[/quote]

NP it is that you pronounce Ker and Car the same and they both probably sound like Cair/Care with an open A sound. The way I and the other PPs are describing has Kerry with a short E and hard R sound and Carrie with an open A but that lacks the slightly more nasal sound for the A where it would sound more like Air. Google "Merry, Marry, Mary" pronunciations. You should be able to listen to how people who pronounce these differently say them. Erin and Aaron as well. [/quote]

Don't even start. Mary/Marry/Merry all the same. Same for Erin/Aaron. Where do people live that these are totally different? I've lived in the South/Midwest/West so I presume this is a regional North/North East thing?[/quote]

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This is just bizarre.  There is no alternate pronunciation for these names, even when spelled differently.  The PP sounds a tad odd.[/quote]

Bizarre?  Hardly.  Your reasoning is bizarre.  Don't you know and can't you hear the difference between the short a and the short e sound?   Merry is not pronounced the same as marry.  Would you call an "apple" an "epple"?  Pronounce the name "Fred" as "Frad"?   Come on, people! [/quote]

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