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HelpRe: What's with everyone hating Myrtle?
in reply to a message by Anneza
This exactly. It's the "urr" thing that makes it sound bad. I do like some names with that sound, but it doesn't work in Myrtle. Murky turtle, curdle, etc...
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I've always pronouced it mear-tle.
This message was edited 9/22/2018, 11:53 AM
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Ditto
and mirth has that ugly "urr" sound, too!
and mirth has that ugly "urr" sound, too!
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Interesting description of the "urr" sound. The letter /y/ actually seems absent - almost allowing for the letter /r/ to resound of its own sonority.
Like Debra / Debrah / Deborah: some Deborah's may pronounce Deborah, elongating the letter /o/ before closing it with the letter /r/; others may not pronounce the letter /o/ at all: the same would be true for Margaret - as with my own name.
Is there any reason why the letter /y/ cannot use more of a long /e/ sound as in the words 'dear', 'fear', 'near', or 'shear', if one shoot for an alternate pronunciation?
Like Debra / Debrah / Deborah: some Deborah's may pronounce Deborah, elongating the letter /o/ before closing it with the letter /r/; others may not pronounce the letter /o/ at all: the same would be true for Margaret - as with my own name.
Is there any reason why the letter /y/ cannot use more of a long /e/ sound as in the words 'dear', 'fear', 'near', or 'shear', if one shoot for an alternate pronunciation?
This message was edited 9/21/2018, 3:39 AM
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I know a Deborah who says that when anyone pronounces her name with all three syllables, she knows she's in trouble!
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