I say “Vahz” my other half says “Vayze.”
Another vote for Vahz, like Mars.
I always thought Vayze was the transatlantic broken version of the word.
Vase - rhymes with arse. A bit.
Varz
Flower jar
In Belfast we’d call that a ‘Flarr Jarr’
I never know when I have to use the word on the spot, but it feels like I always pick the opposite of what the others around would say.
Vase.
Rhymes with face.
Imposter, it’s clearly Varz.
Sorry, this is the American pronunciation. We are British and we speak the Queen’s English.
However, the older I get, the less I care and the reality is that vocabulary evolves. Words also become incorporated between cultures because humans travel and shit.
My favourite is the American pronunciation of aluminum that has us Brits frothing over a missing i, which is hilarious because the man who discovered it used the i less version because that’s the correct word. It was changed by the science community so that it fitted in with the other iums on the table. It’s all a bit mad.
I do currently hate the word gotten as it’s a throwback to the 1800s and I’m a progressive type but I’m sure I’ll get over it eventually.
Dude, if we won’t switch to the Metric system created in the late 1700’s, what are the odds we switch to a spelling decided on 30 years 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.
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”.
Really? What reason could stand at the base of of your pronunciation? Can you provide even a single case where someone would lose face to embrace pronouncing it with such disgrace? I have half a mind to chase you away from this place. Or at the very least replace or erase you from this sharing space.
Whilst it is very obviously wrong, it is at least consistent with how we pronounce ‘base’. English is weird.
Very curious where your other half is from!
(I’m with you, in case that wasn’t clear)
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yep, definitely a vahz to me (rhymes with mars)
First one (rhymes with Mars) for me as well.
I’ve never heard a British person say vase to rhyme with face. Have you considered your other half is a spy and their cover is blown?
