Aaron - v - Arron

[2perkins]

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!

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.

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?

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

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BgMO2JBM7ps

Why have you responded, then?
If the issue is so inconsequential, then YOU replying makes it appear that YOU need a hobby!

If I thought something was ridiculous, I wouldn't have commented on it - but you...

I knew a fit Arun from India too Scarlet. Never known a fit Aaron, though I suppose they must exist 🤔

@2perkins Oh you minunserstand me OP. I do find the issue completely inconsequential (newsflash: it is 😂) but the thread is hilarious! I've got a brew and popcorn and everything. It also reminded me to order a birthday gift for Evelyn (with the Eee sound) as she is 9 next week. May buy her an aardvark in your honour...and name it Aaron.

I'm really not understanding the Alun vs Alan thing OP.

I can't hear any difference between the two. Alan is pronounced allun in my head...

Have you seen that thing where the meerkat is shouting Alan, Alan, Alan.... It sounds like Alun to me. But the subtitles print Alan.

sand how funny. Must be something in the "air"...

I'm laughing at my own joke. Heartily! This is the most fun thread for ages!

And to cheer up this shout thread...

(it seems he might be a gopher or something rather than a meerkat though... Apologies)

Alan? Alan? I'd forgotten that!

Scarlet maybe I'll change my name to SandDunesAndSaltyAaron 😂

This has reminded me of this video though!

So my take away is:

Language is that weird, wonderful, and ever evolving through legit challenges, there are countries where people say words funny but to them they're right, knowledge of language has a curve with arrows, some seriously tech savvy Mumsnet lass figured out how to embed a youtube video into a thread, someone just said 'Aaron' out loud and woke their kid up, another just said 'Alun' out loud and now their husband thinks they're cheating, more things and such plus also hobbies.

Kthnxbye 😘

OP in your nearly 70 years on this planet have you not realised that English evolves. If humans 70 years before you heard how you speak today they would probably roll their eyes too.

I was intrigued about the pronunciation of Alun so here's a link with audio

www.bbc.co.uk/wales/livinginwales/sites/howdoisay/names/

Get a real problem OP.

Shit name altogether. Bland af and so common

It is absolutely not a shit name and it's not 'common'. Not sure why you feel the need to post something so nasty.

All the Aarons I know say it as Arron. I know 5 but one spells his name as Aaran, and one as Aron.
If I was reading the Bible out loud I'd probably say Airon.

Alun in Wales is pronounced AL-in but over the border it gets said as Alan. You sometimes get it written as Alyn, which is also AL-in.
It isn't welsh for Alan.

My friend is Aaron pronounced as air-ron but literally everyone calls him arun and had to be corrected.

Have taught loads of kids called Aaron and none have been pronounced Airon!

Can I ask a silly question? How do you know how it is pronounced from the Bible? The Bible wasn't in English originally and has been translated as many times, surely pronunciation for some words and phrases may have been lost since then?
My priest says Arran for Aaron. Very common pronunciation up here (Newcastle).
We also done (usually) say "mum". We say "mam".

This is the funniest thread I've seen in ages. Are you okay, OP?! 😂

Also - with your aardvark example. How do you pronounce hoof and book? What about read and head? Different words use sounds in different ways. And prescriptivists like you ruin the fun of language for everyone (and plus, nobody asked you how YOU like to pronounce their name)