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Do you pronounce the names "Eric" and "Erica" mostly the same? How many syllables each? (slrpnk.net)
submitted 14 hours ago by Nemo@slrpnk.net to c/AskUSA@discuss.online
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[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I'm having trouble imagining how you would pronounce these differently? Eric Eric-a

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 hours ago

I tend to elide the "I" in Eric but not Erica, which is what got me thinking.

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Really screw with people and say

Airck-A

Tell them you're from Canada

[–] superduperpirate@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

EHR-ick

EHR-ick-uh

Only difference for me is that with Erica, I tend to compress the final two syllables enough that Eric & Erica don’t have a noticeable difference in how long it takes me to pronounce them.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 24 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Eric: two syllables, AIR-ick

Erica: three syllables, AIR-ick-ah

Emphasis on the first syllable in each

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 7 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Eric: EHH-rick
Erica: EHH-ric-kuh

[–] 0x01@lemmy.ml 2 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

With an accent it sounds more like airk and airkuh

[–] paysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That's interesting. I say ayrn for iron, but air-i-ka for Erica. Don't know what my rule is for that.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

Aaron earned the iron urn

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 points 9 hours ago

mine too, which is what got me thinkin'

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

With my accent it sure does.