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MawBroon Wed 14-Nov-18 22:39:58

I have just seen a TV advertisement for I think Amazon TV in which you are asked
“If you could go back in time which error would you want to live in?”
At least that is what it sounded like.
The word is repeated so it’s not a case of needing a hearing test st Specsavers.
I have always ronounced the word era as “eerah” , but am I wrong?
confused now

absent Sun 18-Nov-18 04:22:25

English is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. Just as there is a difference between Cornish speakers, Scots, Norfolk and Yorkshire speakers, for example, there will be differences in pronunciation between those who live in America, Australia, Canada and the Caribbean. It's history. They are all valid English speakers – just slightly different and individual.

Esspee Sun 18-Nov-18 03:34:38

Sounding like error is the American pronunciation.
In English it is pronounced like Vera.

Blue45Sapphire Sat 17-Nov-18 19:47:07

My sister and I grew up in Wiltshire, I say vahse, she says vaws. Our mother always said vahse, so I don't know where DSIS picked that up from. Our chemistry teacher at school after getting her first degree in the UK, went on to study at Stanford in California, and hence always said 'labbra-tory', which always had us in fits!

Patsy70 Thu 15-Nov-18 20:35:47

'Eerah'!

annep Thu 15-Nov-18 20:24:45

Living in N Ireland I say erra but eera is correct ( according to my Oxford dictionary(

grumppa Thu 15-Nov-18 20:17:13

eerah

Kittye Thu 15-Nov-18 19:36:31

Eerah as in Vera!

NfkDumpling Thu 15-Nov-18 19:21:22

Earrah here in Norfik.

(While we’re on the subject what about assume - ashume?)

Lynne59 Thu 15-Nov-18 19:20:51

I say eerah. I believe that to be the correct pronunciation.

watermeadow Thu 15-Nov-18 19:17:17

American pronunciation is spreading and annoying - how about AmaZON, levverage, labbra-tory, aLOOminum?
Of course the British pronunciation is the correct version!

NanaElla Thu 15-Nov-18 14:52:11

Eerah!

BBbevan Thu 15-Nov-18 14:44:55

In our part of Wales, year, here, and ear are all pronounced 'yer' Therefore here it would be Yerah !!

Bridgeit Thu 15-Nov-18 14:34:18

here it is most often pronounced Earuhh.

BBbevan Thu 15-Nov-18 13:01:33

Eerah

lemongrove Thu 15-Nov-18 12:16:33

Another eerah here, although how other countries pronounce it will vary.

craftergran Thu 15-Nov-18 10:33:10

eerah here

PECS Thu 15-Nov-18 09:39:06

I have always said era as in Vera but can see that in American English it could be erra.

Still get annoyed at 'Can I get a coffee?' Don't get me started on anything else! grin

Bellanonna Thu 15-Nov-18 09:32:16

Continuing with the aside, Bathsheba my mother used to say vorse (or vawse!) too. She was Irish.

Bathsheba Thu 15-Nov-18 09:27:52

As an aside: when we moved to the west country from the south east, I was a little surprised to come across a word I'd never heard before - 'vorse'. Turned out it was vase, but pronounced to rhyme with 'north'. Now, I always pronounce it to rhyme with 'car' and in the US I believe it rhymes with 'maze'. Who knew there could be so many different ways to say one little four-letter word?
Anyway, I digress. As you were wink

Bathsheba Thu 15-Nov-18 09:21:28

Yes, I'm inclined to think it's the US pronunciation too. I've never heard it pronounced any way other than eerah, so I'm not convinced it's a regional British pronunciation.

Fennel Thu 15-Nov-18 09:17:21

I haven't seen the advert but on reading it thought the word was 'area'.
I suppose 'back in time' gives clue.

Bellanonna Thu 15-Nov-18 09:15:16

Monica you have a point. I just googled the pronunciation where English and American versions were given. The American one came across as “airer”.
Incidentally I do not say Barth! Why not describe it as “Baath”, which more accurately shows a long “a”. I wonder why this difference is bandied about so much? I couldn’t care less if people pronounce it with a short “a”. I still understand it!

Sarahmob Thu 15-Nov-18 09:15:14

I’ve picked that up too, it should definitely be eerah!

Luckygirl Thu 15-Nov-18 09:12:56

Sounds American. I have certainly never heard it pronounced that way anywhere in Britain.

Greyduster Thu 15-Nov-18 09:10:39

Eera, not erra. Every time I hear it, it grates on me!