Thicknesse: Question on Pronunciation - All and Oil in Texas

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "marion11111" <marion11111 at ...> wrote:


> I could say "That boy is Harry" and you would not know if I meant his name or his 
hairstyle.  

Geoff:
For pretty well all UK English speakers...

Harry rhymes with carry, marry, Barry, Larry

Hairy rhymes with dairy, fairy, Mary

In Brit terms, no contest.

marion11111:
> Back to poor old Sirius.  I can't find the post that shows the dictionary pronunciation 
with the 
> "r" in the second syllable (si ri us), but I've been trying for about ten minutes and 
CANNOT 
> make my mouth work that way.  It comes out all strange and choppy.

Geoff:
Well, if you can pronounce 'serious' you're only shifting 'see' to 'si'.....