• @glimse
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    2 months ago

    Eric: two syllables, AIR-ick

    Erica: three syllables, AIR-ick-ah

    Emphasis on the first syllable in each

  • @superduperpirate
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    62 months 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.

  • @johannesvanderwhales
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    62 months ago

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

    • @andrewta
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      2 months ago

      Really screw with people and say

      Airck-A

      Tell them you’re from Canada

    • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠OP
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      22 months ago

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

      • @mrsemi
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        12 months ago

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