Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 03:58 GMT
Do ''mirror'' and ''mirror'' rhyme in North American?
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''mirror'' and ''mirror'' in North American accents?
Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 03:58 GMT
Do ''mirror'' and ''mirror'' rhyme in North American?
Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 04:19 GMT
Do you mean "mirror" and "nearer"?
Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 04:25 GMT
Yes, they do because they're the same word.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 04:29 GMT
Yes, I meant ''mirror'' and ''nearer''. That was a typo. Well, do they?
Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 05:10 GMT
They do for me. Some people pronounce "mirror" the same as "mere", though.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 05:19 GMT
They wouldn't rhyme in North America if it were me going them and saying them.
I think most North Americans rhyme them. http://www.antimoon.com/forum/2004/5551.htm http://www.antimoon.com/forum/2004/6188.htm http://www.antimoon.com/forum/posts/6387.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius-serious_merger http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~dinkin/TLN/handout.pdf
Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 05:20 GMT
That made no sense. They wouldn't rhyme in North America if it were I going there and saying them.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 17:25 GMT
They do not rhyme for me. Roughly, they sound "mirror"="mee-rer" and "nearer"="neh-rer". I am from Miami, Florida.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 20:16 GMT
They do rhyme for me..."mirror" is [mir..r] and "nearer" is [nir..r]. I'm from California.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 23:37 GMT
mirror = /mir../
nearer = /ni..r../ The difference is the lenght of the first vowel for me but I'm not from North America.
Wednesday, February 16, 2005, 01:08 GMT
I think I almost make the two words rhyme, with "nearer" heading slightly toward the "i:" sound.
Speaking of pronouncing "mirror" as one syllable, the trainer for the class I took this morning consistently pronounced "error" as one syllable, but with the "r" sound held longer.
Wednesday, February 16, 2005, 01:09 GMT
And I'm from California.
Wednesday, February 16, 2005, 02:40 GMT
Yes, I'm also very close to making the two words rhyme. I think my difference is very close to yours Deborah.
Wednesday, February 16, 2005, 02:45 GMT
Maybe he was saying "err".
Wednesday, February 16, 2005, 04:19 GMT
As in, "You'll get an err message"? Nope.
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