My name is spelled Dana, but is pronounced Dah-na. My mother's strongest argument for misspelling my name is that she didn't want people to call me Daw-na, which is how she hears Donna. Of course, she could have at least given me the second "n."
Have you ever heard someone from Baltimore say Maryland? That's how marry is pronounced. Kind of like the "a" in apple. --- In [email protected], "Max H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Probably not. What I finally realized is that it's not the words, it's the > vowel sounds in general. So comparisons are pretty useless. Even the > phonetic spellings aren't much help, because this morning I pronounced those > words very clearly to a native Virginnyun, and she said the same word three > times to me, and claimed she said the same thing I said. We also had fun > with "Don" and "Dawn", and "Erin" and "Aaron". They could hear that > different sounds were coming out of my mouth, but they were UNABLE to > pronounce them as I did. > > That's OK, I'm perfectly aware that there are some very distinct > pronunciations in Chinese, for example, that any 2-year native speaker can > distinguish and I will not hear. But it's definitenly funnier when you're > (supposedly) speaking the same language. > > -Max > > On 10/4/06, Julie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Max marries a merry Mexican maiden, Mary. > > > > Max=marries > > mexican=merry > > maiden=Mary > > > > Does that help? > > > > > > On 10/4/06, Stephanie Smilay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 10/4/06, Max H. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Mayuh-ree, meh-ree, maah-ree. > > > > > > > > The first one rhymes with hairy (which should tell you that mayuh is > > one > > > > syllable, but that's the hardest sound to describe), the second with > > ferry, > > > > the third with Harry. > > > > > > Max, Max, Max. The problem with us philistines is that for us, hairy, > > > ferry, and Harry all rhyme. (Okay, techincally, "hairy" and "Harry" > > > are the same sound, but you know what I mean.) > > > > > > Stephanie > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > --Max H., moderator Freecycle Olney, MD, Freecycle Rockville > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
