> I guess that must mean “wear” and “weary” have a different pronunciation for “ea”. Indeed so! "Wear" and "ware" are homophones, having the same vowel sound a

> I guess that must mean “wear” and “weary” have a different pronunciation for “ea”. Indeed so! "Wear" and "ware" are homophones, having the same vowel sound as "wary". "Weary", on the other hand, rhymes with "cheery" or "dreary". > I will never speak this language 100% correctly I am a middle-aged native speaker, an avid lifelong reader with a love for the language, and I still occasionally discover that I am mispronouncing words I have known for years.