"curly" and "early"

Kyle   Fri Feb 16, 2007 12:57 am GMT
Does "curly" rhyme with "early" for you. The two don't rhyme for me.

"curly" = /k3`@li/

"early" = /3`li/
User   Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:26 am GMT
Sometimes. Curly can be [kr=li] or [kr=@li], but early is always [r=li]. But I'd say normally curly would be [kr=li]
Jim   Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:18 am GMT
For me always.
Travis B.   Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:40 pm GMT
For me always as well; "curly" : ["k_hR=:L\i:] and "early" : ["R=:L\i:].
User   Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:47 am GMT
Come to think of it, I probably wouldn't ever said "curly" as [kr=@li]. So, yes, they rhyme.

Does anyone say early with 3 syllables?
Sho   Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:00 am GMT
I say /k3`li/ and /3`li/ respectively, which means they always rhyme perfectly.
Uriel   Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:00 am GMT
Two syllables, rhyme perfectly.
Kyle   Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:56 pm GMT
<<Come to think of it, I probably wouldn't ever said "curly" as [kr=@li]. So, yes, they rhyme.

Does anyone say early with 3 syllables?>>

"early" always has two syllables for me. The reason is that "curly" is "curl" + "-y" whereas the word "early" has no relation to the word "earl". Come to think about it, in fast speech "curly" might rhyme with "early", but in careful or emphatic speech I pronounce it with three syllables [kr=@li].
Becky   Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:56 pm GMT
Yeah. Curly and Early rhyme for me.
Guest   Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:19 pm GMT
"Curl" has one syllable. "Curly" rhymes with "early".
Jim   Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:57 am GMT
Both have two syllables for me /k3:li/ & /3:li/.
Skippy   Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:05 am GMT
they both always rhyme in my dialect.
Murph   Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:09 pm GMT
I`m an American, & they don`t quite rhyme for me.
"Curly" is kinda like "cur-uul-ly". "Early" is like "er-ly". Hope that helps.