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Help[Opinions] Re: Ay?
in reply to a message by Ginger
The one that strikes me as a worse description than AY is AW which is pronounced completely differently in the UK and the US (like AH or OR without a rolled r)
I would pronounce both of those names to rhyme with HAY
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/167578
I would pronounce both of those names to rhyme with HAY
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/167578
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Totally agree about AW. I know it's probably too much work for Mike to change the whole database, but IPA would definitely be easier.
When I first got here and was a lot less familiar with the foreign speeches, I was often thrown by stuff like this:
Given Name JOHN
PRONOUNCED: JAHN (English)
When I first got here and was a lot less familiar with the foreign speeches, I was often thrown by stuff like this:
Given Name JOHN
PRONOUNCED: JAHN (English)
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Haha, the one that first threw me was Robert! I was thinking who on earth says Rah-bert?! But then saying it like that made me realise it was an American accent. :-)
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