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Help[Opinions] Re: Spellings vs Prns
in reply to a message by PirateCleen
Being from NE [the upper eastern corner of the US] I know that I say a few things different from other people. Like:
Mary an Meri are completely different to me [Mary is MARE-ee, and Meri is MEH-ree]
Kerri/Kerry/Keri/etc and Carrie/Karrie is another one [again, KEH-ree or KARE-ee] but Kari would be said CAR-ee.
Alice and Alyce I would say the same.
Joanna and Johanna are definately different names.
Madelyn/Madeline/Madeleine is another one I say differently depending on the spelling. It realy bothers me when the name is spelled Madeline or Madeleine and the parents say mad-ah-lyn and not mad-ah-line.
ETA: Ariel and Arielle are also said different to me. Ariel is AIR-ee-ell. And Arielle and ARE-ee-ell.
Mary an Meri are completely different to me [Mary is MARE-ee, and Meri is MEH-ree]
Kerri/Kerry/Keri/etc and Carrie/Karrie is another one [again, KEH-ree or KARE-ee] but Kari would be said CAR-ee.
Alice and Alyce I would say the same.
Joanna and Johanna are definately different names.
Madelyn/Madeline/Madeleine is another one I say differently depending on the spelling. It realy bothers me when the name is spelled Madeline or Madeleine and the parents say mad-ah-lyn and not mad-ah-line.
ETA: Ariel and Arielle are also said different to me. Ariel is AIR-ee-ell. And Arielle and ARE-ee-ell.
This message was edited 10/9/2008, 11:09 AM
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Somewhat different...
Being from southern-central Canada...
Mary and Merry are the same for me.
Kerry/Kerry/Keri and Carrie/Karrie are the same. Kari is CAR-ee for me too.
I say Alice and Alyce the same.
Joanna is Jo-ANN-ah and Johanna is Jo-HAHN-ah.
Madelyn is mad-ah-lyn. Madeline is mad-ah-line/mad-ah-lyn, depending on how I'm feeling (usally mad-ah-line...my mom actually didn't want to call me Madeline because she thought people would pronounce it as mad-ah-lyn). Madeleine is mad-ah-len and Madelaine is mad-ah-lain.
Ariel is AIR-ee-ul and Arielle is air-REE-ell, with a rolling r.
Being from southern-central Canada...
Mary and Merry are the same for me.
Kerry/Kerry/Keri and Carrie/Karrie are the same. Kari is CAR-ee for me too.
I say Alice and Alyce the same.
Joanna is Jo-ANN-ah and Johanna is Jo-HAHN-ah.
Madelyn is mad-ah-lyn. Madeline is mad-ah-line/mad-ah-lyn, depending on how I'm feeling (usally mad-ah-line...my mom actually didn't want to call me Madeline because she thought people would pronounce it as mad-ah-lyn). Madeleine is mad-ah-len and Madelaine is mad-ah-lain.
Ariel is AIR-ee-ul and Arielle is air-REE-ell, with a rolling r.
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Ditto (mostly)
I grew up in NJ, moved to MA and say these about the same as you do! The only difference, the Mad- names:
Madeline is mad-eh-line
Madelyn is mad-eh-lynn
Madeleine is mad-eh-len
and the fact that Erin & Aaron are pronounced the same in NH completely baffles me! They're EH-rin (Erin) and AH-ron (Aaron) to me.
And not only are Ariel & Arielle pronounced differently, Ariel's all make, Arielle, female (Thanks to growing up near a huge Othodox Jewish community in NJ)
I grew up in NJ, moved to MA and say these about the same as you do! The only difference, the Mad- names:
Madeline is mad-eh-line
Madelyn is mad-eh-lynn
Madeleine is mad-eh-len
and the fact that Erin & Aaron are pronounced the same in NH completely baffles me! They're EH-rin (Erin) and AH-ron (Aaron) to me.
And not only are Ariel & Arielle pronounced differently, Ariel's all make, Arielle, female (Thanks to growing up near a huge Othodox Jewish community in NJ)
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