“Kearney”
How do Nebraska locals pronounce that?
In New Jersey, we have a municipality by the name of “Kearny”.
This Guy grew up hearing the “ear” part of the town name “Kearny” pronounced: 1) in the same way as it sounds in the word “heart”. Or like a pirate saying “Arrrrrrrr”.
Some current residents of Kearny, mostly recent Hispanic immigrants, pronounce the “ear” part: 2) in the same way as it sounds in the word “learn”.
Some others pronounce the “ear” part: 3) in the same way as it sounds in the word “fear”.
Still others pronounce the “ear” part: 4) in the same way as it sounds in the word “tear” (as in, what Nancy Pelosi famously did to a copy Trump’s State of the Union speech, and NOT the thing that fell in great quantity from Hillary’s eyes when Trump beat the pantsuit off off her in the 2016 race for POTUS).
According to the following micro-video, pronunciation #1 is how the Irish pronounce it:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=psRC-Fv7_zI
Blogger Aiden Kearney pronounces his name “Carney.”
It takes all kinds, I guess.
“...“Kearney”
How do Nebraska locals pronounce that?...”
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Rhymes with “hear me”.
It’s pronounced “Carney”. I grew up in Nebraska. Competed against them in athletics, and my brother graduated from college there. Anyone who states it’s pronounced any other way is simply incorrect.