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[Opinions] In the North it doesn't sound like Hairy
in reply to a message by Aine
but down here it is Hairy and my sister Sarah is Saira. Up north he is Harry and she is Sarah, as it should be - but to me it is "hairy." Very very much.Still, it seems like an adjective that is v. close to Harry in the north accent, IMO at least.
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I'm from the Northeast. I understand how Harry could sound like Hairy, but to me they sound distinctively different.Harry = Hah-ree (like, the beginning of the word "half")
Hairy = Hayhr-ee (rhymes with bear)
Sarah = Sah-rahFunny how it varies so much from region to region, not just country to country!
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Sarah and Harry sound completely different in my accentI say Sarah like SARE-ah (rhymes with HAIR-ah :-p) and Harry with the short a like the a in attic. HA-ree and SAIR-ah.How does the pronunciation of Sarah vary from north to south?
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The a in attic sounds likethe a in Harry to me. What does the a in attic sound like to you?Pronunciations in different accents confound me.Sarah and Harry both have a sound like "hair" in my ear.
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Its a short a, like at-tic whereas the a in Sarah is long, like SAIR-ah. Harry is a short a as well, like HA-ree. I really need to record myself saying these and then post it...*runs to phone to record it*http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v643/poetic_freedom/Photos/?action=view¤t=06-04-08_1651.flvOkay that is me saying Sarah, attic, Harry and hair.
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Just to addThat is a video file because that's all my phone does and I don't know how to convert it to just a sound file. There is only sound on the video though, no image
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What does the a in attic sound like to you?Like the A in apple, cat, Radcliffe, yak, etc.Hairy, though--more of an "ay" sound, you know?Array
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This Northerner says no, it does.It's in the East that they say Haarry, like the A in attic. That sound doesn't exist before the letter R in Midwestern accents. ^^;;Array (her sister is a SARE-uh, too)
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North-east, then.In my family we refer to northeast as "north" because it's directly above us.edit: incorrectly. We refer incorrectly.

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