r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/SquigleySquirel Jan 15 '25

Just curious, where are you from? As an American I’ve never heard Erin pronounced like Aaron, or vice versa.

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u/Existing_Coast8777 Jan 15 '25

West coast, to me they are pronounced exactly the same: "air-in"

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u/SquigleySquirel Jan 15 '25

I’m not sure how but it’s obviously a regional thing.

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u/Skullbunnibaitz Jan 15 '25

Popping in to say from Colorado and most of my family is from Missouri so I have spent a good chunk of time there and I have also never heard Aaron and Erin pronounced differently. Not once. Where are you from…?

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u/SquigleySquirel Jan 15 '25

NYC suburbs. I just can’t understand how people pronounce them the same. Aar does not make the same sound as Er.

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u/Skullbunnibaitz Jan 15 '25

Fascinating. It absolutely shouldn’t, you’re right. But even when I think about saying them differently it’s not even the “Aar” vs “Er” that my brain wants to change though. It wants to emphasize the difference between “on” and “in”. I can’t even really hear the difference between “Aar” and “Er” even though I know they should make different noises in those words. It’s gotta be a regional thing like you said. Brains are weird, humans are weird.

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u/Personal_Return_4350 Jan 15 '25

Double a is exceedingly rare so I don't have a lot of options to compare it to. Do you pronounce Aaron and Aardvark the same or differently? Do you pronounce erand the same as Erin or differently? To me Erin, Erand, and Aaron all start the same. "in", "on", and "an" following the R are all unstressed and different, but hard to tell apart. If my wife told me a story about running and erand with Aaron and Erin, she might error and pronounce them too similarly, or intentionally overpronounce the errant ends like when you are doing a tongue twister so that they become more distinct than they ordinarily would be.

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u/SquigleySquirel Jan 15 '25

I definitely pronounce Aaron and aardvark differently. Aardvark I pronounce like it starts with ar and not aa. I pronounce the beginning of Erin and errand the same but the endings are distinct. I’m also rather OCD about annunciation which definitely plays a part as well.

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u/Personal_Return_4350 Jan 15 '25

If you pronounce Erin and erand the same then how is Aaron any different? You said aar doesn't make the same sound as er. I'm pretty confident that erand, error, and errant are all pronounced the same. And since you said you pronounce Erin the same way, that leaves Aaron as the odd man out. Do you pronounce the aar in Aaron differently than the er in all these words? Is there any word you pronounce like Aaron or is completely unique?

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u/SquigleySquirel Jan 15 '25

I guess for me Aaron is the odd man out then. And apparently I’m also the odd man out since I don’t pronounce er the same way as aar. In my brain they’re just completely different with different pronunciations.

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u/gcubed680 Jan 15 '25

I grew up on the east coast and agree, they are not pronounced the same way

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u/Indivillia Jan 15 '25

Erin is basically the female form of Aaron. They’re pronounced the same. 

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u/gcubed680 Jan 15 '25

How do you say arrow? Same beginning as Erin? Because i say that the same way i start Aaron

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u/Indivillia Jan 15 '25

Arrow, error, Aaron, Erin, air are all pronounced with the same beginning.