Eric: two syllables, AIR-ick
Erica: three syllables, AIR-ick-ah
Emphasis on the first syllable in each
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I'm having trouble imagining how you would pronounce these differently? Eric Eric-a
I tend to elide the "I" in Eric but not Erica, which is what got me thinking.
Really screw with people and say
Airck-A
Tell them you're from Canada
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.
Eric: EHH-rick
Erica: EHH-ric-kuh
With an accent it sounds more like airk and airkuh
That's interesting. I say ayrn for iron, but air-i-ka for Erica. Don't know what my rule is for that.
Aaron earned the iron urn
mine too, which is what got me thinkin'
With my accent it sure does.