belljr
Footballguy
I pronounce it like thishttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/arrow
ar row - ar is not like are or air - mildly pirate like arrr
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Do "dawn" and "don" rhyme? (1 Viewer)
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ar row - ar is not like are or air - mildly pirate like arrr
Yes, of course. Arrow-marrow-hairrow...they all have the same "a" sound.I "get" the username but they don't rhyme to meHarry - ar as in arrow - you don't say airrow do you?
hairy - air - as in air
Harry Manback
Footballguy
Yes, of course. Arrow-marrow-hairrow...they all have the same "a" sound.I "get" the username but they don't rhyme to meHarry - ar as in arrow - you don't say airrow do you?
hairy - air - as in air
People just get weirder and weirder.
belljr
Footballguy
So you you say bone mair rowYes, of course. Arrow-marrow-hairrow...they all have the same "a" sound.I "get" the username but they don't rhyme to meHarry - ar as in arrow - you don't say airrow do you?
hairy - air - as in air
, do you say y'all normally
Harry Manback
Footballguy
So you you say bone mair rowYes, of course. Arrow-marrow-hairrow...they all have the same "a" sound.I "get" the username but they don't rhyme to me
hairy - air - as in air
Please stop.
yesbone marrow is pronounced bone mair row.So you you say bone mair rowYes, of course. Arrow-marrow-hairrow...they all have the same "a" sound.I "get" the username but they don't rhyme to me
hairy - air - as in air
can't really figure out how anyone can pronounce hairy different from harry either, and I'm pretty sure I'll never utter the phrase "y'all" as long as I live.
I don't say y'all at all (although I did live in New Orleans for quite awhile...I leave that term to the native Southerners).So you you say bone mair rowYes, of course. Arrow-marrow-hairrow...they all have the same "a" sound.I "get" the username but they don't rhyme to me
hairy - air - as in air
belljr
Footballguy
So, "Harry from Harry and the Henderson was a hairy beast. " is the same as Hairy from hairy and the Hendersons was a harry beast. did I just get snagged on the hookyesbone marrow is pronounced bone mair row.So you you say bone mair rowYes, of course. Arrow-marrow-hairrow...they all have the same "a" sound.I "get" the username but they don't rhyme to meHarry - ar as in arrow - you don't say airrow do you?
hairy - air - as in air, do you say y'all normally
can't really figure out how anyone can pronounce hairy different from harry either, and I'm pretty sure I'll never utter the phrase "y'all" as long as I live.
These words are not interchangeableThat's correct. They aren't interchangeable. But, their pronunciations are identical.So, "Harry from Harry and the Henderson was a hairy beast. " is the same as Hairy from hairy and the Hendersons was a harry beast. did I just get snagged on the hookyesbone marrow is pronounced bone mair row.So you you say bone mair rowYes, of course. Arrow-marrow-hairrow...they all have the same "a" sound.I "get" the username but they don't rhyme to me
Harry - ar as in arrow - you don't say airrow do you?
hairy - air - as in air, do you say y'all normally
can't really figure out how anyone can pronounce hairy different from harry either, and I'm pretty sure I'll never utter the phrase "y'all" as long as I live.These words are not interchangeable
Harry Manback
Footballguy
Did YOU get snagged on a hook? It looks like you'll be fishing the entire planet with this one.So, "Harry from Harry and the Henderson was a hairy beast. " is the same as Hairy from hairy and the Hendersons was a harry beast. did I just get snagged on the hookyesbone marrow is pronounced bone mair row.can't really figure out how anyone can pronounce hairy different from harry either, and I'm pretty sure I'll never utter the phrase "y'all" as long as I live.So you you say bone mair row
of course.
Doug B
Footballguy
Can't back you up on this one -- "Harry<>hairy" for me.
Death Bytes
Footballguy
Seventeen, huh?
Okay. You guys got yourself a ship. We'll leave as soon as you're ready. Docking bay Ninety-four
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Ketamine Dreams
Footballguy
So, "Harry from Harry and the Henderson was a hairy beast. " is the same as Hairy from hairy and the Hendersons was a harry beast.
did I just get snagged on the hook
These words are not interchangeable
That's correct. They aren't interchangeable. But, their pronunciations are identical.
Yep, just like Dawn and Don...
did I just get snagged on the hook
These words are not interchangeableThat's correct. They aren't interchangeable. But, their pronunciations are identical.
Yep, just like Dawn and Don...
Disco Stu
Confirmed FBGal
Yeah, pretty sure that's how he got the name.
to hear the voice-over guy pronounce the title.Though for some reason John Lithgow sometimes (but not always) pronounces it differently than the rest of his family.
Ruffrodys05
IBL Representative
Sorry boys, "Harry" and "hairy" are not pronounced the same. Not in my book. But I can understand why so many people think they are or actually do pronounce them the same.
This whole discussion boils down to understanding and utilizing the distinct differences of the english language when it involves similar sounding words. I will never pronounce "Dawn" and "Don" the same. I will not because my mind understands that they do not, nor were they ever supposed to, sound the same.
For those of you who pronounce them the same, I cannot help you. You were taught the incorrect pronunciation of one of those words and pronounce it the same as the other, even though they were never intended to sound the same.
But, in the end, if everyone you verbally interact with on a regular basis understands what you are saying, I guess it doesn't matter. If I ever moved to the heartland or the northern lakes region I would get very confused rather quickly I suppose.
Here's one for you....how about the name "Stephen?" It is pronounced "Steven," but all too often I hear it pronounced as "Stefan" or "Stefon." Or even on rare occasions I've heard it pronounced "Step-hen". Every mispronounced "Stephen" is usually easily fixed with, "Just call me Steve." Oh, by the way, "Stephen" rhymes with "heathen."
This whole discussion boils down to understanding and utilizing the distinct differences of the english language when it involves similar sounding words. I will never pronounce "Dawn" and "Don" the same. I will not because my mind understands that they do not, nor were they ever supposed to, sound the same.
For those of you who pronounce them the same, I cannot help you. You were taught the incorrect pronunciation of one of those words and pronounce it the same as the other, even though they were never intended to sound the same.
But, in the end, if everyone you verbally interact with on a regular basis understands what you are saying, I guess it doesn't matter. If I ever moved to the heartland or the northern lakes region I would get very confused rather quickly I suppose.
Here's one for you....how about the name "Stephen?" It is pronounced "Steven," but all too often I hear it pronounced as "Stefan" or "Stefon." Or even on rare occasions I've heard it pronounced "Step-hen". Every mispronounced "Stephen" is usually easily fixed with, "Just call me Steve." Oh, by the way, "Stephen" rhymes with "heathen."
bostonfred
Footballguy
Harry and hairy, marry mary and merry all rhyme. Or, more to the poiny, if I said mary the way you say merry or marry, mary should understand it just fine, because the pronunciations are interchangable. I agree that there are slight variations in how they could be pronounced, and I understand that some people make a clear distinction between them. But there is no way to predict which way someone will use them such that if I hear marry, I know that you don't mean mary or merry. You might be talking to someone who says all three identically, or someone who always says the sound you think is mary, or someone who says merry the way you say mary. So while you may believe that the different sounds have different meaning, communication in english is best facilitated by using the three interchangably and using context to distinguish between them, which is how those of us who correctly saay them identically do it, and unlike the hardcore they sound different wonks, we don't get confused by it at all. Join us in speaking english fluently and correctly.
Doctor Detroit
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I think you guys hurt gianmarco's feelings.
Harry Manback
Footballguy
Bfred I agree almost 100%, but to me Mary = marry but they both <> merry.
Hoart Petterson
Footballguy
Why is this thread 17 pages?
Harry Manback
Footballguy
No, what you're seeing is merely a clever optical illusion.
Hoart Petterson
Footballguy
Fred keeps tilting at windmills
Hoart Petterson
Footballguy
Cut the ####, Fred.
gianmarco
Footballguy
You have this amazingly odd fascination with me. I think I like it though
Ignoratio Elenchi
Footballguy
WTF is wrong with you people?
Harry does not rhyme with hairy.
Marry does not rhyme with mary, and neither of those rhymes with merry.
There is no rational argument for why any of those words should be pronounced the same way.
Harry does not rhyme with hairy.
Marry does not rhyme with mary, and neither of those rhymes with merry.
There is no rational argument for why any of those words should be pronounced the same way.
Thorn
Footballguy
OH BULL ####
I can't even fathom a way these two words would sound different.
Ignoratio Elenchi
Footballguy
You're just another one of these don=dawn freaks, then. Do you think the arguments for don and dawn being pronounced differently don't also apply to harry and hairy? They're two completely distinct vowel sounds. Do you think marry and Mary are pronounced the same way?
Hoart Petterson
Footballguy
It's very subtle. Harry has more of a ahh sound as opposed to the air in hairy.
bostonfred
Footballguy
Making that subtle change may make you feel better about yourself as you pronounce it, but it doesn't aid communication, so it's not part of the language. It's an optional add-on that is shared by some dialects.
Hoart Petterson
Footballguy
It's not optional, it's correct. Harry and Hairy do NOT rhyme. Marry and Mary rhyme but not Hairy and Harry. Listen to how he says it. "ahhh" not "air"
http://www.youtube.com/user/harrypotter?blend=1&ob=4
urbanhack
Fight The Power!
Hoart Petterson
Footballguy
Queen's english trumps.but he's british.
Hoart Petterson
Footballguy
Dawn (awe) <> Don (ahhh)
awe<>ahhh
awe<>ahhh
Ignoratio Elenchi
Footballguy
Radical Larry
Footballguy
mr. furley
Footballguy
mare o
Masked Vigilante
Footballguy
This thread will completely ruin season four of Mad Men for me.
Masked Vigilante
Footballguy
mar eo
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Sick ownage.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Oh this is just total bull####.So you you say bone mair rowYes, of course. Arrow-marrow-hairrow...they all have the same "a" sound.I "get" the username but they don't rhyme to meHarry - ar as in arrow - you don't say airrow do you?
hairy - air - as in air
videoguy505
Footballguy
Hoart Petterson
Footballguy
I'm late to the party. Is this shtick?
Radical Larry
Footballguy
Don and Dawn sound exactly the same.I'm late to the party. Is this shtick?
Hoart Petterson
Footballguy
I ask again. Shtick?Don and Dawn sound exactly the same.I'm late to the party. Is this shtick?
Radical Larry
Footballguy
100% not shtick. All you east coasters talk funny.I ask again. Shtick?Don and Dawn sound exactly the same.I'm late to the party. Is this shtick?This isn't a radio spot for some Chigahhhhgo grocery store.
videoguy505
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