Post by whattheheck on Oct 30, 2014 20:13:55 GMT -5
And then there's the whole marry, Mary, merry thing. I say mary and marry the same. I know people who say it differently and I can hear the difference, but I cannot for the life of me replicate it.
So to you addition/edition and Aaron/Erin are homophones? Huh.
no, I didn't say anything about addition/edition. There is a subtle difference there, but so slight that I don't think it would be even noticeable in most people's speech.
Oh - okay. I made an assumption based on the a/e in arron/erin that you would find them the same. This has been very interesting. I'm assuming a lot of it is regional.
Don and Dawn are also decidedly different. Don rhymes with on. Dawn sounds like awning.
How are on and awn different?
I guess it's a subtle difference (probably regional) with the w sound? Like awn is more like awe. On . . I don't know, it starts with your mouth in the "o" position rather than sort of pursed like for "awn" so that affects how it comes out? But I guess that's why Don and Dawn sound different to some people and not others.
Post by thedutchgirl on Oct 30, 2014 21:44:40 GMT -5
Pronouncing Aaron and Erin different is regional. I mostly hear it from New Englanders. It is my name, and I work with an Aaron daily. I can think of one out of dozens of coworkers who pronounces the names different.
Post by shadynasty on Oct 30, 2014 21:59:32 GMT -5
Yup, must be regional. Addition and edition are homophones for me but I pronounce Mary, marry, and merry differently, and Aaron and Erin are different too. Oh and don and dawn are also different. I think we need another voice/dialect thread...
I guess it's a subtle difference (probably regional) with the w sound? Like awn is more like awe. On . . I don't know, it starts with your mouth in the "o" position rather than sort of pursed like for "awn" so that affects how it comes out? But I guess that's why Don and Dawn sound different to some people and not others.
Are you in the Midwest? That's the only region I think would pronounce "on" and "awn" distinctly differently.
I guess it's a subtle difference (probably regional) with the w sound? Like awn is more like awe. On . . I don't know, it starts with your mouth in the "o" position rather than sort of pursed like for "awn" so that affects how it comes out? But I guess that's why Don and Dawn sound different to some people and not others.
Are you in the Midwest? That's the only region I think would pronounce "on" and "awn" distinctly differently.