''mirror'' and ''mirror'' in North American accents?

Do ''mirror'' and ''mirror'' rhyme in North American?

Do you mean "mirror" and "nearer"?

Yes, they do because they're the same word.

Yes, I meant ''mirror'' and ''nearer''. That was a typo. Well, do they?

They do for me. Some people pronounce "mirror" the same as "mere", though.

They wouldn't rhyme in North America if it were me going them and saying them.

I think most North Americans rhyme them.

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That made no sense. They wouldn't rhyme in North America if it were I going there and saying them.

They do not rhyme for me. Roughly, they sound "mirror"="mee-rer" and "nearer"="neh-rer". I am from Miami, Florida.

They do rhyme for me..."mirror" is [mir..r] and "nearer" is [nir..r]. I'm from California.

mirror = /mir../
nearer = /ni..r../

The difference is the lenght of the first vowel for me but I'm not from North America.

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.

And I'm from California.

Yes, I'm also very close to making the two words rhyme. I think my difference is very close to yours Deborah.

Maybe he was saying "err".

As in, "You'll get an err message"? Nope.