Aaron - v - Arron

This annoys me too, it should be Air-on for Aaron. I'm from Scotland so the rise and rise of the Arran pronunciation is just irritating and clearly a confusion with the Isle of Arran.

Freaks don't worry, I like your style. Remember, when the Tiggers have all been eaten by the zombies the perpetually narky shall inherit the earth! As per your username

There, I knew I shouldn't have said "standard" UK pronunciation because I know full well that regional accents will make hay of anything like that!

In dictionary pronunciation (not sure that's any better but anyway!) Ka-ren would be Ka- as in cat, and then -run, like a child would say ruh but with an N on the end.
Whereas aardvark would be ar as in car.

Certainly I'd rhyme Karen, Aaron and Baron

Me too!

Thumb now I'm really confused!
It must be because I'm Scottish and all my short A's sound the same! Karen, aardvark and bazaar have the same A to me. Certainly I'd rhyme Karen, Aaron and Baron.

Fizzy ignore me picking on you, think I must have got out of the wrong side of the bed. Your post was funny; mine was sarky and tedious

The poster I was picking on seemed to suggest that there was some sort of logic or precedent for pronouncing aa as “ai”.

Oh I've only just come back to this, I missed out on being picked on! No, sorry, I wasn't really suggesting that there was any sort of logic, I was just making a stupid comment with absolutely no thought to it at all, for my own peurile gain.

Sorry for the confusion

theFreaks - some people pronounce it with a short A, to rhyme with "standard" UK pronunciation of Karen, or baron. (I know there is no standard, and that some areas will pronounce those words differently but!)
So Ka-run and ba-run, and A-run.
The Aussie one I know is a definite A-run. His nickname is Az.

Yes, because the double a in aardvark, bazaar, baa, salaam and aargh! are all pronounced “ai” aren’t they?

They are all pronounced "are" like the letter R so, still not "Arron"

Not sure what you mean by this... the beginning of Arron is pronounced like the letter R too, surely?

Yes, they are all words that have outside origins that have come into our language, but not one has the “ai” as in “air” pronunciation.
The poster I was picking on seemed to suggest that there was some sort of logic or precedent for pronouncing aa as “ai”.
I’d like to see it.

Those are words that have originated in other languages, as is Aaron.
Aardvark is from South African Dutch, bazaar is from Turkish, baa from Ovine ...

Aside from that, it is grammatically wrong to pronounce it ARRON - as it follows NO logic in language!

Which would make it fit in very well with all the various pronunciations in English (through, bough, cough, tough for example).

Yes, because the double a in aardvark, bazaar, baa, salaam and aargh! are all pronounced “ai” aren’t they?

They are all pronounced "are" like the letter R so, still not "Arron"

Well it should be Air-ron if spelled Aaron because that's what the second 'a' is for

Yes, because the double a in aardvark, bazaar, baa, salaam and aargh! are all pronounced “ai” aren’t they?

Well it should be Air-ron if spelled Aaron because that's what the second 'a' is for. If you want to be an 'Arun' then you only need one 'A'.

I cannot BEAR vowel wastage.

I'm in the Midlands and say Mum (I'm originally southern) but my children call my Mum Nana pronounced Nann-arrrr. My nephews call her Nana pronounced Na-Na. She gives not a single shit and answers to both 😂

It's because Alun is a Welsh name. Welsh is phonetic.
It really is pronounced AL-in.

They sounds the same when I say them!
"me too, we must be doing something wrong!

I'm from the West Midlands and say mom. My nan was born over 100 years ago and she used "mom" so it is not a new thing.
I have a cousin Alun and it is pronounced slightly differently from Alan but it is obvious unless you are listening for it.

I'd say Alan for Alan and Alun for Alun!

They sounds the same when I say them!

I also pronounce Alun and Alan the same. .

Really?

I'd say Alan for Alan and Alun for Alun!

I also pronounce Alun and Alan the same. .

out of curiosity - how would YOU pronounce "aardvark"?
I pronounce it ard vark. Not Aird vark

I have known people pronounce Aaron both air on and ar on. Surely all you have to do is tell someone how you pronounce your name and they pronounce it the way you like it pronounced.

Tfoot75, I am from the Midlands and say “Mum” and pronounce Aaron “Airun” .

Meant to add that I had to have words with my DF after DS was born as he pronounced it Airon. He told me it was the proper pronunciation "as per Moses' brother".

My response "Oh you were around in biblical times then to hear it pronounced this way?". He never said it wrong again.

Aaron is pronounced a-Ron cos that's what my ds2s called