In the interests of deliberately starting a regional accent war...
Aaron and Erin should be pronounced differently.
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Dana - May 23, 2020 7:12:33 am PDT #21542 of 30019
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Jesse - May 23, 2020 7:24:06 am PDT #21543 of 30019
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Steph L. - May 23, 2020 7:57:27 am PDT #21544 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism
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.
chrismg - May 23, 2020 8:00:09 am PDT #21545 of 30019
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
They sound different to my ears when I say them, but who knows what someone listening to me would hear?
-t - May 23, 2020 8:09:08 am PDT #21546 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Same, Tep. Or maybe more so. I don't know what different would even sound like.
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dcp - May 23, 2020 8:18:33 am PDT #21547 of 30019
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regional accent
Try Irish: "Éireann"
Or from India: "Arun."
DavidS - May 23, 2020 8:35:06 am PDT #21548 of 30019
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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."
-t - May 23, 2020 8:57:16 am PDT #21549 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Vowels are all pretty blurry if you ask me.
msbelle - May 23, 2020 9:15:23 am PDT #21550 of 30019
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I am Steph's pronunciation. I only have like 3 vowel sounds, but I can make almost anything 2 syllables if I'm getting my Texan on.
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Steph L. - May 23, 2020 9:32:02 am PDT #21551 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I remember in high school, the nuns tried so hard (in vain) to get us to pronounce "twenty" as "twen-tee," not "twunny". The flat midwestern accent is a bitch.