How do you pronounce 'mayor'?

[DontPhoneItIn]

I've heard so many people saying 'may-er' recently - I was sure that it was pronounced as 'mare' in British English.

Please help, it's driving me batty!

[LadyInPink]

I say Mair.

[TripTheLightFanjotastic]

As it's spelt: may-or

[FaceLikeAPickledOnion]

I say mare. But I'm common as muck

[MsHighwater]

Surely it's partly regional? I pronounce it as two syllables. I'm Scottish. Thinking of the one syllable pronunciation, I hear it in an English accent (mostly southern English)

[IrrelevantElephant]

May-or.

[RobinSparkles]

Mare.

[deleted203]

Mare. (Northern English here). I reckon it's probably down to your accent.

[ZZZenAgain]

one syllable for me. I say mare, same as the horse.

[SCOTCHandWRY]

May ur (Scottish)

[AnaisB]

I say marr

[AnaisB]

Obviossly I mean "mare."

[Bilbobagginstummy]

2 syllables???

Mair.

[mummysmellsofsick]

Round here some people pronounce there 'they-re' and hair 'hay-re'. I've always thought may-or belonged to the same accent. I say mare fwiw

[SueDunome]

mare

[AnaisB]

"obviously"

[MikeOxardAndWellard]

Mare

[fuzzysnout]

Mare

[edam]

mare. To rhyme with hare and dare.

[WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes]

Never have cause to say it to be honest, but if i did I'd say May-ur.

[MirandaWest]

I say mare. I think.

[cardibach]

I say may-er. It's an accent thing. THis site has an American and British pronunciation example, and both have two syllables. I think Mare sounds silly, so I'm pleased.

[steppemum]

mare - I am southern english a bit RP pronunciation

[steppemum]

ummm, cardibach, unless I am missing somethign, that link has an American voice doing the pronuncuation (2 syllables)

Then it has the phonetic pronunciation written next to the word, it gives both may-or and mare (can't write in phonetic as no accents over letters)
So both are correct.

[steppemum]

right sorry, just found the us and uk vocals but the uk one says mare.