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Do you pronounce the names "Eric" and "Erica" mostly the same? How many syllables each? (slrpnk.net)
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[–] johannesvanderwhales 5 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] andrewta 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Really screw with people and say

Airck-A

Tell them you're from Canada

[–] superduperpirate 6 points 8 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 24 points 13 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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

With an accent it sounds more like airk and airkuh

[–] [email protected] 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 7 points 9 hours ago

Aaron earned the iron urn

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

mine too, which is what got me thinkin'

[–] WhiteOakBayou 2 points 13 hours ago

With my accent it sure does.