ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 21 hours agoDo you pronounce the names "Eric" and "Erica" mostly the same? How many syllables each?message-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down12
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareDo you pronounce the names "Eric" and "Erica" mostly the same? How many syllables each?ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 21 hours agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squaresuperduperpirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 hours agoEHR-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.
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.