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Help[Opinions] Re: Megan pronunciation/ “brics tegan”
in reply to a message by Tiggs
I'm in the west/midwest US. I almost always hear Meg-an rhyming with peg, but I wouldn't necessarily consider May-gan to be a different pronunciation, just someone saying the vowel extra-long. I wouldn't say May-gan unless someone specifically told me that's what their name was (although it also depends on the spelling. If there's an extra letter like Maegan, Meagan, etc. I'd be more likely to say May-gan).
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In my neck of the woods, “peg” is pronounced with what I was taught is a short “e” sound as in “beg” ”and “dregs”. “Leg” is pronounced with a long “a” sound as in “snowflake” and “plague”. The phrase “peg leg” contains two completely different and distinct vowel sounds. Here, Megan rhymes with “pagan” and “Reagan” (the former president).
How would “peg leg” sound for you folks?
How would “peg leg” sound for you folks?
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For me "peg leg" is the same vowel, both like beg and dregs.
How do you say bag? For me the "a" rhymes with the a in apple, but my mom is from Minnesota and she says bag to rhyme with plague.
Also lag... for me it's like apple, but for my mom it would be "layg". If you say "the one with short legs lags behind", does it sound the same?
How do you say bag? For me the "a" rhymes with the a in apple, but my mom is from Minnesota and she says bag to rhyme with plague.
Also lag... for me it's like apple, but for my mom it would be "layg". If you say "the one with short legs lags behind", does it sound the same?
This message was edited 5/30/2019, 9:29 AM
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For me, “bag” is also a short “a” sound like “apple”. Bag, lag, sag, hag - all rhyme. “Legs” sounds like a long “a” as in “plagues”, so “short legs lags behind” rhymes with “short plagues sags behind”.
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I also pronounce peg leg like you but still pronounce Megan to rhyme with peg.
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My, dialects are fascinating! I had no idea there were places in the English speaking world where "peg leg" wouldn't rhyme. Just where in the Western US is your "neck of the woods"?
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I’m in California. Just took a quick phone survey with local relatives and they match with what I’ve always heard, “peg” and “leg” definitely do not rhyme. One mentioned that her grandfather always pronounced “Leghorn” (type of chicken) to rhyme with “peg urn”, but he was from Arkansas and also said things like “warsh” for “wash”.
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Interesting. For me (west coast US), "peg leg" rhymes, both with the short "e" sound. "Leg" with the long "a" sound doesn't sound wrong necessarily, but I wouldn't say it. But actually I think sometimes my pronunciation moves to somewhere in the middle between rhyming with "beg" and rhyming with "plague".
As for Megan, I would normally think to pronounce it "Meg-an" with the short "e", though I have heard people say "May-gan" which doesn't seem wrong, and now that I think about it, my pronunciation might fall somewhere in the middle of these two as well.
As for Tegan, I've always heard it pronounced TEE-gan.
As for Megan, I would normally think to pronounce it "Meg-an" with the short "e", though I have heard people say "May-gan" which doesn't seem wrong, and now that I think about it, my pronunciation might fall somewhere in the middle of these two as well.
As for Tegan, I've always heard it pronounced TEE-gan.
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Here in South Africa, peg rhymes with leg and beg. Short e, as in bet. I am familiar with leg rhyming with plague, but only as a dialectal (UK) pronunciation which some of my elderly relatives used for comic purposes "Ee, me lague" when complaining about, say, stiffness or a sudden cramp.
We have two different Megan situations here. Megan usually has the peg rhyme and Meagan is always MEEgan, long e as in speed. I've never heard MAYgan, but that proves nothing of course. And some Megan people use the MEEgan pronunciation.
The only Tegan I've met pronounced it TEEgan; for what it's worth, she was British.
We have two different Megan situations here. Megan usually has the peg rhyme and Meagan is always MEEgan, long e as in speed. I've never heard MAYgan, but that proves nothing of course. And some Megan people use the MEEgan pronunciation.
The only Tegan I've met pronounced it TEEgan; for what it's worth, she was British.
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