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?)

Harth. Harth.

Never heard it pronounced hirth

Both me and DP pronounce it “harth” we’re in East Midlands but I was raised in North East.

I don't think it's a word I've ever said tbh and Scottish me is now rather confused on the pronunciation, I think I'd say hirth.

Harth N Ireland.

I'm from Newcastle and say 'harth'

@Teaandakitkat

Hirth birth. West of Scotland here.

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Harth - Glaswegian here. Never heard it pronounced any differently wherever I've lived

YANBU! It's like heart, not like earth.

Harth - I'm in Ireland, have never heard any other pronunciation. And the R is sounded very strongly.

Pronounced fleer?

It's harth, but it's spelt like earth so people pronounce it that way.

Irish and say hearth to rhyme with Darth also.

Harth. Northumberland.

Don't be darft, it is harft!

*harth

Harth. Definitely.

I'm really surprised by people saying 'hirth' is a Scottish pronunciation because I've lived in Scotland more than half my life and can't think I've ever heard it said like that. Although, it's also not a word that comes up in conversation very often...

Right, I need to go ask my Scottish DH!

It’s not a word that’s used often these days so likely she’s seen it written down without hearing it spoken so assumed it was said that way.

I would pronounce it to rhyme with Darth and have never heard it said otherwise.
But as hearse is pronounced to rhyme with verse I can see why from the written word hearth could look like it should rhyme with birth.
I of course accept there maybe regional variations.

Scottish DH agrees it's 'harth' but said he has heard the 'hirth' pronunciation.

Have noticed posters mentioning West coast of Scotland - DH does have Irish Catholic family on MIL's side but not from West coast himself so maybe that's why.

Harth. Even typing this my phone autocorrected it to "hearth".

I've never heard it said, I've only seen it written in old UK-based books like Enid Blyton, and never even knew what an hearth is. Asked around, no one else seems to even know what the heck it even is, either. Had to google it, lol. I would have pronounced it HEARTH with the h, like sounding like earth. Just as well I've never had to pronounce it. But I just don't know why they can't say fireplace. It's a lot easier and makes much more sense, anyway.

Oh, forgot - Australia.

@TheLovelinessOfDemons

Harth. Because of heart.

It could be hirth because of heard.

I say harth. I'm from East Anglia/Fens.

@SamiReed1

I've never heard it said, I've only seen it written in old UK-based books like Enid Blyton, and never even knew what an hearth is. Asked around, no one else seems to even know what the heck it even is, either. Had to google it, lol. I would have pronounced it HEARTH with the h, like sounding like earth. Just as well I've never had to pronounce it. But I just don't know why they can't say fireplace. It's a lot easier and makes much more sense, anyway.

But it's the area in front of the fireplace, not the fireplace itself! Many houses with a fireplace have or had a large stone or tiled area in front of the fireplace. That's the hearth.

Central Scotland and I say ‘Harth’ on another noted I hate ‘buried’ to rhyme with ‘hurried’ it’s ‘birried’ I sometimes hear Scottish reporters saying it and it drives me mad!