[Ads-l] arrow-space

[Barretts Mail]

> On 6 Aug 2017, at 11:28, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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>> On Aug 6, 2017, at 2:17 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM <mailto:wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>> wrote:
>> 
>> "Arrow" rhymes with "sparrow," "marrow," and "harrow," but "aero" rhymes
>> with the local pronunciation of "Cairo," Illinois. Or "pair o'," as in
>> "pair o' words that rhyme."
>> 
>> At least for me.
> 
> And “pharaoh”.   Actually, now that I think of it, I distinguish “pharaoh” (as in “aerospace”) from “farro” (the “ancient grain”).  
> Also “Pretty Saro” (traditional song).  But not Varro, the Roman grammarian—he rhymes with arrow.
> 

More homophones to me. How about some IPA? BB

> LH
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>> On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 1:53 PM, Peter Reitan <pjreitan at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Is there any other way to pronounce it?
>>> 
>>> I remember seeing a linguistics educational cartoon in Jr. High.
>>> 
>>> In one of the scenes, a character says that he can determine where someone
>>> is from by they way they pronounce the words "merry," "Mary" and "marry."
>>> 
>>> I remember thinking - "but they are all pronounced the same!"  Only years
>>> later, when I went East for school, did I appreciate the various ways some
>>> people distinguish among those words.
>>> 
>>> I guess I feel the same way about aero and arrow.
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>>> There might be a difference in my pronunciation, but I think they=E2=80=99=
>>> re the same. BB
>>> 
>>>> On 6 Aug 2017, at 07:19, James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at NETSCAPE.COM> =
>>> wrote:
>>>> =20
>>>> At a meeting this week, two different people pronounced "aerospace" as =
>>> something close to /arrow-space/.  Has anyone else heard this?
>>>> =20
>>>> - Jim Landau
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