ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 5 days agoDo you pronounce the names "Eric" and "Erica" mostly the same? How many syllables each?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareDo you pronounce the names "Eric" and "Erica" mostly the same? How many syllables each?ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-square0x01@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoWith an accent it sounds more like airk and airkuh
minus-squarepaysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoThat’s interesting. I say ayrn for iron, but air-i-ka for Erica. Don’t know what my rule is for that.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days ago“Err err uh err err” … “What the f*ck, man, we really talk like that?”
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours ago Original video for reference: Your browser does not support playing HTML5 video. You can download a copy of the video file instead. Apparently the original was posted by @dooleyfunny on Instagram, but the original seems to be lost to time. Fortunately we have Imgur: https://imgur.com/gallery/aaron-earned-iron-urn-5cWFy7K
With an accent it sounds more like airk and airkuh
That’s interesting. I say ayrn for iron, but air-i-ka for Erica. Don’t know what my rule is for that.
Aaron earned the iron urn
“Err err uh err err”
…
“What the f*ck, man, we really talk like that?”
I love that video so much
Original video for reference:
Apparently the original was posted by @dooleyfunny on Instagram, but the original seems to be lost to time. Fortunately we have Imgur: https://imgur.com/gallery/aaron-earned-iron-urn-5cWFy7K