Do you pronounce these as homophones? Because for me they're exactly the same.
"Carl" and "coral"
no. "Coral" has two syllables, and a different vowel in first syllable.
Carl is one syllable. The vowel sound is pronounced as in 'bath' and 'grass'.
Coral is two syllables. 'Kor-rul'.
Coral is two syllables. 'Kor-rul'.
They are not homophones for me, but I would not be surprised to hear this in my area.
"We w're at the beach, C'rl and me, and he done cut his foot on the c'rl."
"We w're at the beach, C'rl and me, and he done cut his foot on the c'rl."
No, at least in my dialect, "Carl" is two syllables, as is "fire". The first vowel sound in Carl is [a], while the first vowel sound in "bath" and "grass" is [æ]. The first vowel sound in "coral" is yet another sound.
For me, they both have the same second syllable, but the a in Carl is different from the o in coral.