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I say "Vahz" my other half says "Vayze."

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Honest question, feel silly for asking.... Is it now, the "King's English"?

To the main question: Here in Michigan, I've only heard Vace and Vah-zeh. There's not even an R in there, so I can't get it to rhyme with Mars at all.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Most English and Welsh accents are "non-rhotic" meaning they don't pronounce "r"s and would pronounce "Mars" as "mahs".

I'm from Ireland which does have rhotic accents, along with Scotland. I'm mostly used to hearing the English accents but occasionally it does lead to fun misunderstandings like hearing "carving" as "calving".

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