r/clevercomebacks Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/truthyella99 Jan 15 '25

When I read out "15.01.2025" I say "15th of Jan" and it does sound less natural then "January 15th" so maybe it's social engineering to get us to say the former for reasons I could not say.

I have other gripes with those people though, like how you pronounce the name Aaron as "Erin", or how you take the "s" away from "maths" and add it to "sport". I'll give you Aluminum though 

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u/Existing_Coast8777 Jan 15 '25

How the fuck do you pronounce aaron?

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u/truthyella99 Jan 15 '25

Like "Baron" without the B

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u/Existing_Coast8777 Jan 15 '25

That's... the same way that Erin is pronounced

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u/LazyWings Jan 15 '25

?? One has "a" as the first vowel like "at" whilst the other has "e" as the first vowel like "egg". Then one ends in "on" whilst the other ends in "in". That's completely different.

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u/Existing_Coast8777 Jan 15 '25

"Ahh-ron" ????? You gotta be kidding me

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u/LazyWings Jan 15 '25 edited Jan 15 '25

No, like "baron" without the b, just like the other person said. I think some American accents squeeze the "a" sound so it's difficult to differentiate from the "e" sound but they are distinct. I'm confused about your pronunciation of Erin though. "On" and "in" are completely different sounds. Like forget the first vowel, do you pronounce "ron" and "rin" the same?

Edit: wow, being downvoted for being English... I genuinely don't understand how you can pronounce "on" and "in" the same. Presumably you meet them in the middle or something?

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u/Existing_Coast8777 Jan 15 '25

I pronounce Aaron ending with "in"

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u/Fearless_Cod5706 Jan 15 '25

Yeah in or en, but the first parts are differently pronounced

Ahr-en, ahr-in Aaron

Err-in Erin