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[americandiva.livejournal.com]

Ok so in one of my last posts I had  Carrie/Carey on my list...wanting to hear opinions on it.

And how i have another question.

Carey is my grandmothers maiden name and my parents thought about using it for me.,..but did not. I don't know if I would ever use the name bc ...well...idk if I love it or not. But I'm keeping it on the the list for now.

My question is...do you pronounced Carey and Carrie the same way?

personally I say Carey like Care-ee (the came care sound as in "to care for")
and I say Carrie very similar to Carry (like "to carry something")

(sorry for my odd pn explinations.

anyways how do u pronounce them both.

Comments

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Aren't 'care-ee' and 'carry' pronounced exactly the same?

[americandiva.livejournal.com]

i dont say them the same lol. maybe its my accent.

I say with Carey having the Care part of it sound more harsh. And the Carrie its more of a softer a.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I pronounce them the same (as do I pronounce care + y and carry the same). However, and just a thought, I've always thought that "Carey" is more unisex than "Carrie".

[samaside.livejournal.com]

I always prounouced Cary, Carey, Carrie, Kerry, and Kerie the same until I met my academic league coach. She's from Canada and she pronouces it "Keer-ie."

[samaside.livejournal.com]

Also, Carey is a very versatile middle name if you don't want to use it as a first name.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

I'm from the UK and with an English accent they would be pronounced differently - pretty much how you described. The "a" sound in Carrie is short, like in cat or hat, but in Carey it's long, like in care or bear. I prefer Carrie on a girl btw.

[bornto-fly.livejournal.com]

I pronounce them the same way, but I see Carrie as the girl's spelling and Carey as the boy's.

I like both names, but I think I prefer it on a girl, with the spelling Carrie. (Although Carey on a boy doesn't sound too bad, either)

[politicking.livejournal.com]

let's see how weird this ends up sounding lol

i say them the same, however i can stretch it so that i say them differently... for instance, i can pronounce CARRY (as in "carry that bag") more like "cah-rey," even almost having more of a 'ka' sound at the beginning. then i would say care-y as "care-ee."

but, mostly, i say them the same.

i see Carey as a boy (ie: Carey Grant, Jim Carey), Carrie on a girl (ie: Carrie Bradshaw)

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Which one does she pronounce 'keer-ie'? Because I'm from Canada, and the only one I'd pronounce like that is the last one, Kerie.

[samaside.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's the last one. Though, she often calls our Kerry 'keer-ie' to annoy him. We don't have any Carries, Careys, or Carys at my school so I don't know about any of those.

[rojostressa.livejournal.com]

carey - car-ee?
if that's the case, i love it for a name.

[americandiva.livejournal.com]

yes! thats what i was trying to explain in my weird and twisted way.

Carrie - the a is like shorter and in Carey its more like care or bear.

and im not form the UK but thats how my New York accent says it I guess haha

thanks

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

I prn them how you do.
Carey I feel is more masculine than Carrie