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HelpRe: Pronunciation question (As and Es)
in reply to a message by Lily
I think, at least in my native dialect, that if a syllable is unstressed, most vowels make a sort of schwa sound. Thus Elissa/Alyssa/Ilyssa all sound the same as do Amelia and Emilia. This comes out in a lot of more modern names that have spellings in the top 7000 like Amari/Imari/Emari, Amani/Emani/Imani, Aliyah/Elliyah/Illiyah etc.
Al and Ell, Alice & Ellis, Amber & Ember sound different because you're stressing the A/E.
But what do I know, I recently got bitched out by a Kerry because I pronounced her name like Carrie, which sounds exactly the same to me!
Where I'm from we also say "bury","berry" and "Barry" the same, but "Don" and "Dawn" are totally different. Go figure.
Al and Ell, Alice & Ellis, Amber & Ember sound different because you're stressing the A/E.
But what do I know, I recently got bitched out by a Kerry because I pronounced her name like Carrie, which sounds exactly the same to me!
Where I'm from we also say "bury","berry" and "Barry" the same, but "Don" and "Dawn" are totally different. Go figure.
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