How would you pronounce Emer?

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How would you pronounce the Irish name Emer?

Just wondering if it would be mis pronounced a lot from the spelling?

No, a fada would make it Aymer.

Anyway, Emer is not in written in Irish.

It's in English, using English letter sounds.

Like Kevin.

Yup the way I'd say Emma is emmer which is how I'd say emergency. The "ma" here is the same as "mer". So yes I'd say emmagency. Hope that helps!

It would be easier if we were all sat hearing the sounds as it is hard to write what you say when it seems obvious to you!

I'd pronounce Emer, Emma and emer(gency) all the same.

2nd, the 'ma' of Emma and the 'er' of Emer would be pronounced the same in many English accents.

Why do people find it so hard to understand that not everyone has the same accent as them?!

Knowing it was an Irish name my guess would have been Ee-Muh (with my English pronunciation- not pronouncing the /r/ sound and with a Schwa on the end). But if I hadn't known it was Irish I would have thought it might be an invented spelling for Emma. With the 'Em' from Emma and the 'er' or Schwa sound from teacher or brother.

Emma as a pronunciation for Emer actually makes a lot of sense but it's not the only pronunciation that makes a lot of sense. There are plenty of names that have different pronunciations depending on accent: Michelle, Elaine. And plenty that have multiple spellings: Aaron, Aren, Arun.

And most names will be pronounced differently depending on the speakers accent.

Also...I would say the last syllable of Emma and Emer the same way but differently to Emergency.

The 'er' in emergency, obvs!

(Must complete thoughts before posting!)

To rhyme with............

Eee-murr

It's Ee-mur. And it's not "how would you pronounce" (Emma, seriously?!), that's how it is pronounced.

You're missing the point of the thread flogging. People from different regions will pronounce an unknown word differently. So the question wasn't "how is it pronounced?" obviously E-mur but how would you, not having seen it before, pronounce it.

Ee-mur

Ah, sorry

I'm thinking Emma sound as in Emerald... you don't say Ee-merald.

I think I'd initially say Emer (Em-muh) because I know a few Emerson's pronounced that way (and I guess Emerson's are "Emer's sons"... like Johnson's)

Ee-mer is definitely simple to correct to, though. You'd only have to tell me once.

Is Emer a boy or a girl? Or could it be used for both/either?

Emer is a girls name, never a boys Spiders

I would wonder if it was pronounced like Eimer (ee-mer) but with the i missed out for some reason
or "em-mer" if it's not trying to be Eimer without the i?

Ee-mer. Surely if is was Emma it would be spelled Emmer?

This reminds me of my daughters name - Mila. Everybody says MY-la except it's ME-la.

I try not to correct people at this stage as she's young and when she's older she can tell people how it's pronounced anyway but it is annoying.

Ed-mur. Stress on the first syllable. I'm Scottish.

Ha - autocorrect. Ee-mur!

My colleague pronounces her name Eemur. She's Irish.

I would say Emma, or Emm-err

I know a teenaged Emer pronounced EeMah

Yes, Emerald and Emerson are much better examples of how I would have pronounced Emer than emergency because they are stressed on the first syllable whereas emergency is stressed on the second.

And since I have a non-rhotic accent the 'Emer' in 'emerald' is pronounced exactly the same as Emma.