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> No one argues with pronouncing the first syllables of those words with the "air" sound. I do. Never met anyone who would rhyme the first syllable in "charac
by fool1987 4y ago
> No one argues with pronouncing the first syllables of those words with the "air" sound.
I do.
Never met anyone who would rhyme the first syllable in "character" with "air" - maybe this is true in some US accents? I'm British and would say "character" as "kah-rik-tuh" or "kah-rak-tuh" which definitely has no "air" sound anywhere.
For me, by this logic, it would be "Vair-Kar"
- cafard 4y agoI have heard nobody in the US pronounce the first syllable in "character" other than as rhyming with "air". But yes, when I (rarely) have to pronounce it, it's "vairkair".
- pipeline_peak 4y agoIn the US, I’ve heard both.
- mjw1007 4y agoI think we're seeing the "Mary–marry–merry merger" (specifically the Mary–marry part). [1] claims about three quarters of American English speakers suffer from it. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_vowel_changes_before_historic_/r/#Mary%E2%80%93marry%E2%80%93merry_merger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_vowel_changes...