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Re: Sonny pronunciation
by Anneza
2/22/2012, 11:11 PM
in reply to a message by CN
I don't see how it could be a pronunciation issue at all. If you have a son, it sounds as if you have a sun - OK? So the reason for using Sunny for a girl would be to make her name less emphatically masculine. Or perhaps as a link to Sunniva!
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- CN   +3
2/23/2012, 3:06 AM
I was confused because in my mind Sonny rhymes with Bonnie and Sunny with bunny. That's how Sonny is pronounced here and it didn't occur to me until I saw that post that Sonny and Sunny was pronounced exactly the same. I still think it's counter-intuitive to pronounced Sonny and Sunny the same.
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- Phoebe (Kate)
2/24/2012, 3:08 PM
Yes, but English is a very counterintuitive language.
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- ClaudiaS   +1
2/23/2012, 6:51 AM
Now I'm curious about where you live. Where is "sonny" (as someone might say, "Come here, sonny" to a little boy) pronounced to rhyme with Bonnie?
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- vigdis (guest)
2/23/2012, 9:52 AM
She's from Sweden.English isn't her native tongue and English is a fairly atypical language in many ways.
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