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Help[Opinions] Pronunciation?
Inspired by the recent Broderick twins, I've noticed that people are mentioning that they prefer the Marian spelling over the Marion one.
Now, my question is do you pronounce them the same?
Because to me Marian is like Marianne 'MEH-ree-AN' , while Marion is 'ME-ree-ohn'.
Also in English I think of Marian as female and Marion as male (in Croatia Marian is a male name, but pronounced differently).
Now, my question is do you pronounce them the same?
Because to me Marian is like Marianne 'MEH-ree-AN' , while Marion is 'ME-ree-ohn'.
Also in English I think of Marian as female and Marion as male (in Croatia Marian is a male name, but pronounced differently).
This message was edited 6/23/2009, 5:47 PM
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I know that's how Marian is in Slavic languages (including mine), but here it's a female name pronounced the English way.
This message was edited 6/24/2009, 6:01 AM
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There was a song in a musical about Marian the Librarian! So the first syllable is like a female horse. In Marion the first syllable has a short vowel, like the one in man and apple.(But I speak British English.)
I would never expect Marian to sound like Marianne; I see and hear it as originally an adjective meaning 'something to do with Mary', where Mary can be the Tudor queen or the mother of Jesus. And Marion to me is a French equivalent of 'little Mary'. I prefer the look of Marian and the sound of Marion, but I would use Marianne long before either of the others.
I would never expect Marian to sound like Marianne; I see and hear it as originally an adjective meaning 'something to do with Mary', where Mary can be the Tudor queen or the mother of Jesus. And Marion to me is a French equivalent of 'little Mary'. I prefer the look of Marian and the sound of Marion, but I would use Marianne long before either of the others.
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This site?
I pronounce Mary like words merry or marry, just with a different stress. And I write it down like ME-ree. And the pronunciation for Mary on this site is 'MER-ee', so I don't see the problem.
I'm not a native English speaker, but that's how I've always heard it pronounced on TV and real life by both the Brits and the Americans.
Where are you from and how do you pronounce the 'marry-' part in the names mentioned?
I pronounce Mary like words merry or marry, just with a different stress. And I write it down like ME-ree. And the pronunciation for Mary on this site is 'MER-ee', so I don't see the problem.
I'm not a native English speaker, but that's how I've always heard it pronounced on TV and real life by both the Brits and the Americans.
Where are you from and how do you pronounce the 'marry-' part in the names mentioned?
This message was edited 6/24/2009, 5:57 AM
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fair enough :)
its interesting to see that people have different ways they think are the right and wrong ways to pronounce names.
I guess it depends on where you come from among other things.
I live in a place called Maryborough and quite often people say it like Merry burra.
its interesting to see that people have different ways they think are the right and wrong ways to pronounce names.
I guess it depends on where you come from among other things.
I live in a place called Maryborough and quite often people say it like Merry burra.
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Yeah, I wish English was a little more standardized, lol. In my dialect Mary and Merry are the same, and it makes me inordinately unhappy. I try to make the difference when I talk, but it sounds pretentious. And I guess it is.
People also often don't differentiate between E and I here. Pen and Pin sound the same. My name's Emma and everyone calls me Imma. I differentiate.
People also often don't differentiate between E and I here. Pen and Pin sound the same. My name's Emma and everyone calls me Imma. I differentiate.
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r u a kiwi??
fush and chups? lol sorry.
fush and chups? lol sorry.
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lol no. I wish. Just southeastern US. I have been watching flight of the conchords and think it is so funny when they say Bret's name. "This song is didicated to all the ippiliptic dogs." hee hee hee
no for some reason we don't do it with things like Bret and Devon, which is the logic I always use when I'm trying to convince someone there is an actual difference between Emma and Imma.
no for some reason we don't do it with things like Bret and Devon, which is the logic I always use when I'm trying to convince someone there is an actual difference between Emma and Imma.
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