When I moved to Alabama, there were lots of older people who kept talking about women named May-rie, Ma-tha, and Say-ra. Took me some time to realize that they were talking about Mary, Martha, and Sara. You still hear the WW2 generation pronouncing those names thusly.
And I knew a Say-ra who had a sister named E-rin....
And I knew a Say-ra who had a sister named E-rin....
Agggh! Memories! When I first went to Auburn, I dated this guy and he said that his sister was Shay-ron and her husband was Hay-ron. So I had no idea how those were spelled but pronounced them for months like he and his mother did and found out, embarrassingly, that their names were Sharon and Herron.
Hybrid Mode
