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Aaron - pronunciation?

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DiazePam · 06/12/2009 22:31

SIL has a new DS, and she has decided to name him Aaron. After Elvis Aaron Presley.

She is adamant that the name is pronounced A-ran.

Everyone else (except MIL and other SIL) thinks it should be Air-on. Especially seeing as that is how Elvis's name was pronounced.

I think A-ran sounds a bit daft, especially in a thick scouse accent, as she has.

Who is right?

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juneybean · 06/12/2009 23:10

I say Ah-ron but my boss's nephew is air-ron

Georgimama · 06/12/2009 23:10

Down south it seems to be A-ron rather than Air-ron. But parents decide on pronounciation of names and then find when they have to correct everyone that they may not have been right about it.

SoMuchToBits · 06/12/2009 23:00

When I heard this name as a teenager (in connection with the American composer Aaron Copland) it was pronounced Air-on. However, when i have met anyone born within the last 20 years or so, it seems to be pronounced A-ron. I live in Suffolk btw.

LaDiDaDi · 06/12/2009 22:54

I've heard it pronounced both ways.

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DiazePam · 06/12/2009 22:50

A-ran just sounds like an Aran sweater though!

I think maybe it is a north west thing - I'm more of a home counties lass myself!

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LynetteScavo · 06/12/2009 22:49

A-ron

PlonkerTeatowelOnTheirHeads · 06/12/2009 22:48

maybe thats it feedthegoat - a northern thing perhaps?

feedthegoat · 06/12/2009 22:45

I'm not Merseyside but I am northern. Maybe it's just us up north!

PlonkerTeatowelOnTheirHeads · 06/12/2009 22:43

The Aarons that I know are A-ran (Arran)

I'm also in Merseyside, though not Liverpool. Is it a North West thing then?

LastTrainToNowhere · 06/12/2009 22:42

I know two boys called Arran, which they pronounce as a-ran. I would think Aaron would be pronounced air-on.

pookabelle · 06/12/2009 22:39

I would pronounce this air-on

I know someone called Arran which is pronounced a-ran

feedthegoat · 06/12/2009 22:35

I don't know which is right but I know a couple of adults with this name and theirs are both pronounced A-ran.

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