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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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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.

pookabelle · 06/12/2009 22:39

I would pronounce this air-on

I know someone called Arran which is pronounced a-ran

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.

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?

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 22:48

maybe thats it feedthegoat - a northern thing perhaps?

LynetteScavo · 06/12/2009 22:49

A-ron

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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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LaDiDaDi · 06/12/2009 22:54

I've heard it pronounced both ways.

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.

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.

juneybean · 06/12/2009 23:10

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

humptynumpty · 06/12/2009 23:12

Well, we live overlooking the Isle of Arran, pronounced A-Ron
But I always thought Aaron was pronounced Air-un. However there is a kid in Ds's class called A-Ron.
So guess it's personal choice. I googled baby names and it says should be pronounced Air-un.

biglips · 06/12/2009 23:14

A-ron

biglips · 06/12/2009 23:16

i live in liverpool (but from the Wirral) and as you said that your SIL got a strong scouse accent - then yes it wud sounds like A-ran but its actually A-ron

BettyButterknife · 08/12/2009 19:03

Oh it should definitely be pronounced Air-on. Which I think is slightly harder to say than A-run, but is the proper pronunciation.

BellsaRinging · 08/12/2009 19:08

I agree with Betty, the Hebrew pronunciation is Air-on, I think, but here it's Arr-on, according to the 2 people I know with sons named this (I'm in West Mids).

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BexieID · 09/12/2009 19:57

My brother went to school with a boy named Aaron (p/n airun). It wasn't until I started work that I heard it p/m arran. A friend has recently had twins, Aidan and Aaron (p/n arran).

georgiemum · 09/12/2009 19:59

AhRon. Arran is an island. A Ran is a bit harsh sounding.

5inthesleighbed · 09/12/2009 20:00

A-ron. And I'm up north, and it's also the name of DS1. I don't like it when it's announced Air-on

Slimcognito · 09/12/2009 20:05

If it's after Elvis then it is pronounced to rhyme with Darren. He was christened Elvis Aron Presley - the extra "a" was added later by himself, but it was still pronounced to rhyme with Darren.

FaintlyMacabre · 09/12/2009 20:12

The pronunciation is made clear in my Dad's favourite 'joke'.

'How do we know that Moses wore a wig?
Because sometimes he was seen with Aaron and sometimes without'

Having said that, IM(limited)E of Aarons, North Americans pronounce it A-ron, and the British say Air-on.

Slimcognito · 09/12/2009 20:13

However, surely Aaron is in general pronouced Air-un? All the Aarons I know have pronounced it that way.

Slimcognito · 09/12/2009 20:14

Yes. I mean Air-on but people usually mumble Air-un 'cos it's easier to say innit.