andrel wrote:

> that may be because both are close to my native 'ee'.


pronunciation of English is deficient as well :-)


> And yes I do 
> pronounce it quite often as my first name IRL ends in one. Name borrowed 
> from the French.


minor influence from the preceding 'i'.


>> and none of the numerous variants in English :-)
>>
> You mean that there are no dialects in France?

No, I mean people sometimes pronounce them differently (to the point 

pronunciation you are ordinarily taught at school distinguishes only 
these two sounds, allowing a fair bit of variation for each.

-- 
Vincent

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