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I work with an Aaron and and Erin, and people pronounce them the same. I am always asking do you mean A A RON? Or Erin?
I want to garden/dig in the ground, but not having a car is blocking me. Do I take the bus? Do I get an Uber? Do I walk with my cat stroller?
My vote would be walk there/Uber or bus home.
In the interests of deliberately starting a regional accent war...
Aaron and Erin should be pronounced differently.
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Aaron and Erin should be pronounced differently.
I can't do it. Or, when I try, the only way I can make them sound different is to really over-exaggerate the vowel sounds, and nobody wants to be called "Ehhhhhhh-rin."
I also can't pronounce Mary, marry, and merry differently (unless, again, I over-exaggerate the vowels). And I super-duper can't pronounce caught and cot differently.
I'm a linguistic mess, guys.
They sound different to my ears when I say them, but who knows what someone listening to me would hear?
Same, Tep. Or maybe more so. I don't know what different would even sound like.
Did I mention our new VP of Sales in Serena Williams?
regional accent
Try Irish: "Éireann"
Or from India: "Arun."
I also can't pronounce Mary, marry, and merry differently (unless, again, I over-exaggerate the vowels).
Regional accent, common in the South that my mom bequeathed to me.
Which is why I got so much shit at my Alma Mater for pronouncing it "Kinyon" half the time.
Also much mockery when I ask for a writing implement as I don't distinguish between "pen" and "pin."
Vowels are all pretty blurry if you ask me.