Here Sara/Sarah are pronounced s ar a (a softer, like in “at”).Here Sarah would be pronounced 'S air ah'. Sara would be pronounced 'S are ah'
Here Sara/Sarah are pronounced s ar a (a softer, like in “at”).Here Sarah would be pronounced 'S air ah'. Sara would be pronounced 'S are ah'
....the mom of a childhood friend of my son, who had quit high school years ago finally earned her ged. [...actually, it's a G.E.D.]Okay, this is embarrassing admission time. First, I'm not American, so I didn't grow up hearing about the "GOP". As an adult, I didn't care a lot about US politics, but I did read articles about it, particularly as, in the last four years, there was so much news about the Republican party. In fact, I only recently learned that GOP stands for "Grand Old Party".
So, that said, in my head (don't laugh... okay, you can laugh) I've already read "GOP" as gop... a word that rhymes with "sop". So when I started watching news about the election last fall, imagine my surprise to hear all those newscasters talking about the G. O. P. ? It still makes me bristle when they say it as it's correct initials, because I can't get all those years of thinking it was a word (gop, that rhymes with sop) out of my head.
I'll step away, now, in my embarrassment.
My husband cannot say pomegranate. He says pome-gratin. Like, cheesy potatoes. I always tell him it’s pome-granite, as in granite countertops. It doesn’t help.
He also can’t say vibe. He says VIVE. Drives me crazy.
My husband cannot say pomegranate. He says pome-gratin. Like, cheesy potatoes. I always tell him it’s pome-granite, as in granite countertops. It doesn’t help.
He also can’t say vibe. He says VIVE. Drives me crazy.
...husbands can DO that.......ALOT.My husband says chimley for chimney. Doesn't matter how many times he is corrected. I have no idea why and it drives me crazy also.
Irish Gaelic names tend to tie the tongue in proper knots if you are not familiar with the language, and the spelling is very random in English because it is transliterated, which is, of course, also true of Hebrew. (There was a time I used to threaten to name a child Caoimhe, just to watch DH twitch. )
People often look at our daughters names and just ask us how to pronounce them. Those who try to pronounce them do so incorrectly ~95% of the time. We're always excited when someone gets it correct.
BTW, the first three letters of our oldests name are Cao...
I had to go look up some vids (never a Hairspray fan) but yes, that's indeed the accent.That’s the accent that’s usually used by the mom
In hairspray? Right?