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> In British English, the name Bernard is pronounced with the final vowel as an unstressed, almost elided, obscure vowel; but it is a stressed long a in US Engl
by cgriswald 7y ago
> In British English, the name Bernard is pronounced with the final vowel as an unstressed, almost elided, obscure vowel; but it is a stressed long a in US English.
I don't think you can generalize the US pronunciation this way. Source: This was my grandfather's name.
- kwhitefoot 7y agoAgreed. That was rather my point, and I defer to your more specific knowledge. The point is that there are many ways to pronounce the same word even within one country.