Saturday, August 25, 2012

Mayer Vs. Myer

An observation. I'm not quite sure if this is one of those English-American differences, but how come Mayer is pronounced as Myer and Myer pronounced as Mayer? This is not like a general pronunciation for every word that spelled this way though, but for some, and for this particular observation I am referring to people's names.

I mean, "MAYER" has the root word May, so like you would pronounce the month of May so will you pronounce May-yer as Mayer like John Mayer right? And "MYER" on the other hand that has the root word My should be pronounced as My-yer rather than May-yer, right? Don't you think?

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