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We were considering this name for our son until I started wondering the correct pronunciation of it.
So many people pronounce it "Hairy".
I see on the site they have the pronunciation as "HER-ee" - but I think I am in the minority when I hear the way other people pronounce it.
Has "Hairy" ever been an accepted pronunciation for this name?
So many people pronounce it "Hairy".
I see on the site they have the pronunciation as "HER-ee" - but I think I am in the minority when I hear the way other people pronounce it.
Has "Hairy" ever been an accepted pronunciation for this name?
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HER-ee IS "hairy"
If you study the pronunciation key carefully, you'll see that Mike spells the "AIR" sound as ER.
E is as in "bet" or "care". Now, carefully say "bet", drawing out the short E sound. Now, replace the T with and a R. You'll get "bare"/"bear".
I admit it's a little confusing--it confused me at first, until I sounded out the example words carefully and got it--but I think ER looks neater than writing AIR.
Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett
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If you study the pronunciation key carefully, you'll see that Mike spells the "AIR" sound as ER.
E is as in "bet" or "care". Now, carefully say "bet", drawing out the short E sound. Now, replace the T with and a R. You'll get "bare"/"bear".
I admit it's a little confusing--it confused me at first, until I sounded out the example words carefully and got it--but I think ER looks neater than writing AIR.
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett
!!!!!!!!!! ← Maud, John, Alice, Peter, Emma, Edith, Lewis, Henry, Isabel, and Joseph
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As an Australian, I say it HA-ree, with the 'a' being a short 'a', as in the English or Australian pronunciation of 'hat'.
:-)
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
:-)
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
This message was edited 3/18/2005, 9:59 PM
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HER-ee = hairy. If you read the pronunciation guide you'll see the E represents the vowel found in bet or care, which is the same as the vowel in hair.
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One more note to explain further...
I say it more like the word err - Herr-ee
Vs. the word Air- Hair-ee
I say it more like the word err - Herr-ee
Vs. the word Air- Hair-ee
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The pronunciations on this site . . .
. . . are American. So to those of us from England/Australia the vowels in Mike's transcriptions don't always make sense :-)
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
. . . are American. So to those of us from England/Australia the vowels in Mike's transcriptions don't always make sense :-)
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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ok but when I pronounce HER-ee with the E in the word bet - it doesn't sound like Hairy.
It sounds more like Hurry. But it's a combination of the two.
It sounds more like Hurry. But it's a combination of the two.
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