Quote Originally Posted by Philippus Flavius Homovallumus View Post
They aren't exactly homophone though because guerrilla and gorilla are pronounced with different vowel sounds in the syllable.
Pronunciation (and transcription) of both:
http://nordmine.ru/dic/guerilla

http://wooordhunt.ru/word/gorilla

They ARE homophones. If you mean the first syllable: almost any unstressed vowel in English either becomes a schwa or an /i/. In both words in question it is schwa.