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Aaron - v - Arron

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2perkins · 12/09/2019 18:41

This name seems to have become popular lately but, people can't seem to grasp how to pronounce it...
It's AARON as in air-on (biblical).
Fools say ARRON as in A-Ron.
It's simple English!
Can't understand why they do this.
This thread is in response to a member who said that it's pronounced ARRON: were that to be the case, then AARON would be spelt ARRON!

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2perkins · 12/09/2019 22:38

As did Elvis AARON Presley (but it hasn't stopped some people calling him Elvis ARRON Presley).

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thebakerwithboobs · 12/09/2019 22:38

Sweet mother of God OP have you been at the cooking sherry?? Who cares about this enough to include capital letters and exclamation marks? Seriously, it affects you not one jot how somebody pronounces their name. I have two nieces called Evelyn and they are both pronounced differently, because those are the pronunciations their parents chose, therefore those are their names.

Do you have a hobby?

Celebelly · 12/09/2019 22:37

Oh dear. This is why a little knowledge is dangerous. There's a great graph that describes what's going on here. Hopefully it's attached to this post.

The English language is not static and yes, we can just 'change' the English language as that's what's happened since it came into existence. Language reflects usage. Dictionaries reflect usage. If the world decides that the correct pronunciation is Aaron then eventually that's what it'll become, just as myriad other words have come into existence and changed their meaning as people have used them differently. It's a living language –not that the grammar lessons of 50 years ago would have led you to believe that, with their made-up diktats about nonsense like splitting of infinitives and the singular they.

Aaron - v - Arron
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2perkins · 12/09/2019 22:36

Indeed!

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2perkins · 12/09/2019 22:36

Why thank you...
I seem to have ruffled a few feathers here: people don't like being taken to task about their silliness, when pointed out to them.

If "I" am a right one, then what does it say about those so disturbed by MY comment, that they JUST HAD to comment back?
If I read something posted by a "right one", then I'd think "fool", and not bother responding.
However, such is the need of many here to be "right" when they are obviously wrong (linguistically speaking), that they just can't help themselves!

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SandDunesAndSaltyAir · 12/09/2019 22:35

All the aa words I can think of - aardvark, bazaar, salaam, naan - have an 'ar' sound, not 'air'. So if we're talking logic, Aaron should be pronounced Arr-ron, no? English obviously doesn't follow logical rules so if some want to pronounce it Arun then I can't see a problem with it!

Scarletoharaseyebrows · 12/09/2019 22:32

I went to school with two Air-rons in the 90's. Aarons.

AND an Arun. He was , think , from India. He was incredibly fit and I was very in love with him from afar. The Air-rons weren't fit.

Irrelevant. But both are real names. Nowt to get wound up over. I knew a Kair-ren to (Keren). She was forever having to correct people who called her Karen.

dementedpixie · 12/09/2019 22:31

You're a bit shouty tonight!

dementedpixie · 12/09/2019 22:30

Aargh - how do you say that then??

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2perkins · 12/09/2019 22:30

Oh dear, read some of the answers here - and you'll SEE the prevalence of the American influenced MOM.
Why, some here have even said it comes from the Midlands!
I don't watch much American stuff - but I DO KNOW what I hear in the streets, and see written, in THIS country!

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dementedpixie · 12/09/2019 22:28

I wouldn't naturally give AA an AI sound though. That doesn't entirely make sense either

SandDunesAndSaltyAir · 12/09/2019 22:28

Pronunciation of Alun sounds exactly the same as Alan to me 🤔

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2perkins · 12/09/2019 22:27

Just so - up north, a little off Scotland!

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2perkins · 12/09/2019 22:26

And that's ALUN - NOT Alan: same criteria applies to spelling. If you want to be called ARRON, then why nortspell it it that way?

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AverageMummy · 12/09/2019 22:24

Op are you drunk?? Hmm

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2perkins · 12/09/2019 22:24

But it's NOT spelt ARRON - it's spelt AARON!

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2perkins · 12/09/2019 22:23

Well said!

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Bambii · 12/09/2019 22:22

Aaron all the way. It's a beautiful looking spelling!

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2perkins · 12/09/2019 22:21

Seems logical to me but, to many on this thread, YOU'D be wrong, too.

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2perkins · 12/09/2019 22:19

Just so!

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2perkins · 12/09/2019 22:19

Cheers, Howells!

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2perkins · 12/09/2019 22:18

You mean he's NOT an ARRON? Well I'll be jiggered!

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AverageMummy · 12/09/2019 22:17

OP I think you should go round insisting on the ‘correct’ pronunciation:

In its original Hebrew, Aharon (אהרן) is pronounced as three syllables, a-ha-ron. This Hebrew pronunciation is still used in modern Hebrew in Israel today.

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2perkins · 12/09/2019 22:16

Made perfect sense to me!

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2perkins · 12/09/2019 22:16

How is ARRON pronounced?

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