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Re: Sonny pronunciation
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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Yes, but English is a very counterintuitive language.
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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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She's from Sweden.English isn't her native tongue and English is a fairly atypical language in many ways.
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