hare ~ hair:
‘Hair’ rhymes with ‘hare’. The letter ‘i’ in this word is not pronounced the way it is said in the alphabet. Therefore, it is advisable to develop the habit of saying ‘hair’ without the ‘i’ sound in it.
“Hare”, for the right pronunciation, please click here, is ‘a kind of animal, related to and larger than a rabbit’; and it is also used to means ‘to go or run very fast – like crazy’,
e.g.
My brother shot two hares and I shot a duck on our hunting trip.
She hared out of the room like a mad person.
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hair on the head
“Hair”, for the right pronunciation, please click here, is ‘the thin, thread-like growth on the body of a person or animal, especially on the head of a person’,
e.g.
The old lady is proud of her long, silky, black hair. [on the head, of course]
The hair of some animals is used for making brushes, ropes, cloth, etc.
