Lighthearted - to think DP's pronunciation of 'hearth' is odd?

[SarahAndQuack]

I say 'hearth' to rhyme with Darth (Vader).

She says 'hearth' to rhyme with 'birth'.

I think she is deeply deviant. Which of us is right?

(Or if, as I predict, you tell me it's regional, can you tell when were you're from?)

*tell me where. Sorry!

No it's harth not hirth

If she's Scots or Irish then her pronunciation makes complete sense.

Only ever heard ‘harth’, either in the SouthWest, Lancashire or Lincolnshire…

www.reddit.com/r/etymology/comments/2toq5x/how_do_you_pronounce_hearth_and_why/

I'm with you. I've never heard it rhyming with birth!

I say hearth like birth and I am from the Irish border.

Hirth birth. West of Scotland here.

Harth defo

I have ALWAYS called it a “hirth”. But now I’ve reached a mature age where I need to actually buy one, I was astonished to hear the man in the stove shop call it a “harth”!!

Ooh, interesting! DP isn't remotely Scottish or Irish, but I shall tell her she clearly has some kind of weird connection.

I would say it like birth but admittedly I think I’ve only seen the word written down, I’m not sure I’ve ever heard it said aloud so maybe I read it wrong! I’m from Wales.

Harth in the West Midlands. I hate hearing "hirth". It's like when someone pronounces clerk as "clurk" instead of "clark".

@HunterHearstHelmsley

Harth in the West Midlands. I hate hearing "hirth". It's like when someone pronounces clerk as "clurk" instead of "clark".

Oh dear I do that as well! Again a word I have only seen written down - I’m clearly better read than I am well spoken!!

I'm Scottish and I've never heard it pronounced any other way than to rhyme with Darth.

Harth.

It should be hearth to rhyme with Darth.

Hirth - is she Liverpool (ish?)

I have a "hearth of the ram" pub near me and I pronounce it the same way I say "Darth"

I'm from Ramsbottom! (Bury/Lancashire) 😁

Its a 'harth' in our house, don't know why just always heard it pronounced like that.

Harth!

I've never had to say is out loud (thankfully) because in my head I say hirth

Harth.

Never heard anything but 'harth' (not that I hear, read or say it very often!) I'm from South Wales.

@AmazinglyGraceless

It should be hearth to rhyme with Darth.

Hirth - is she Liverpool (ish?)

I'm Liverpool (ish) and I say harth - never heard it pronounced hirth before

I say it like you OP

Yorkshire

I’m more or less rp (non UK family originally) grew up mostly in the south and I say harth