How do you pronounce May?

[IHateWasps]

“Inspired” by another thread.

How do you pronounce the vowel sound in May and if you are English then have you noticed Scottish people pronouncing it differently?

And do these two pronunciations sound very different to you?

https://youtube.com/shorts/ga1QONH0EuM?si=LfcFt-aoNt2sF7aM

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/may

TIA

Of course Scottish people pronounce things differently, that's what a regional accent is.

A very slight difference in the vowel sound, yes.

I know what a regional accent is, thank you very much. No need to be so patronising but there is no one Scottish(Or) English accent and the actual sound can be the same even if the person’s accent is different. For example a Texan friend pronounces hill as heel but a mutual friend who is a Londoner and I both pronounce it as hill.We have very different accents but we still use the same vowel sound.

I think they sound the same but with slight difference in accent, but the You tube clip she was having a conversation and drew the sound out longer as part of her telling of the story.

Do you mean 'May' as in the month, or as in might be?

Are they different somewhere, both the same to me?

They sound the same to me .

They sound the same to me (Scottish).

That’s interesting because to me they have the exact same pronunciation. How would you say them?

I'd say them the same way too, unless I was talking about something that might happen but was unlikely, in which case, I'd probably hold the 'a' in may a bit longer.

A Scot would say /mee/
Most English / May/
English RP / ma/ without the /y/ sound ( sorry I can't type IPA)

I don’t think that I’ve ever heard anyone pronounce it as mee.

More meeeeeh or maaaay , I know what the poster means , it's hard to type it though. English is a harder sound ends quickly less drawn out. Scottish down at the end , English level (as opposed to Australian up at the end like a question)

Mee?

No, a Scot would say May