Only in a Taylor Swift song could Libya and Namibia rhyme with trivia (though I doubt she'd ever use either of those words). Libya and Namibia both rhyme with tibia. Bolivia rhymes with trivia.
In a lot of languages they do rhyme (just info). The y in libya is pronounced (or even written as) an i. Whereas in english, in this case, the y is treated like a j.
I would agree, but apparently in english they officially say ahsaylia, not ahzahlia. Sounds kind of redneck/rural to me and not official proper at all. But well... looked it up, so it is what it is :) (you dont say day-lia for dahlia do you?)
I'm not sure if I can write this, but if you exaggerate the a in bad (which is prevalent in certain areas of the Northeast & Midwest US), it sounds almost like two syllables: BAY-ad. Chad, on the other hand, is Chaaaaad...a very flat a.
Looking at how other words are pronouned ( or englishized) in english I expected the english prononciation to be cro-ey-tia and not cro-ah-tia. And exception to the rule I guess.
edit.. ok you DO pronounce croatia just as I expected, but apparently you pronounce acacia differently.. which feels even more weird. Not a-kah-shia, but a-kay-shia
Merriam Webster has Croatia and acacia as not rhyming. Croatia is shēə at the end and acacia is just shə. I’ve always pronounced acacia with only 3 syllables.
But oh! if we call the whole thing off then we must part; and oh! if we ever part then that might break my heart! So, if you like hate-ee and I like hi-tee, I'll say hate-ee and give up hi-tee, for we know we need each other, so we better call the calling off off; Let's call the whole thing off!
gordon jordan? Man why do you english speaking people even use vowels, if you dont distinguish between them (hmm I guess maybe some indeed dont gordn and jordn). I guess both are pronounced gorden jorden? gordun jordun?
Are you a native speaker, or do you have a native-speaker source for this? Pronunciation guides I'm finding online have the accent on the first 'i', just as in zucchini.
No, y is not the issue here. B and V are, they are two different sounds in English.
Azalea: əˈzeɪ.li.ə (a-ZAY-lee-a)
Australia: ɔˈstɹeɪ.ljə (aw-STRAY-lya)
But this might vary on regional accents.
hey whatsa you got againsta di Italians huh?!
edit.. ok you DO pronounce croatia just as I expected, but apparently you pronounce acacia differently.. which feels even more weird. Not a-kah-shia, but a-kay-shia
Zucchini has the /i/ sound like the ee in "beet"
So they don't exactly rhyme.