How do you pronounce Erin? (POLL)

Girl Names
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  • Same as Aaron (Air-in)
  • Different than Aaron (Eh-rin)

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In my accent they’d be [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] ‘Air-un’ and [name_u]Erin[/name_u] ‘Eh-rin’

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I’d pronounce [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] totally differently to that (and to Erin) :grin: but that’s beside the point.

[name_u]Erin[/name_u] is ‘Eh-rin’ for me

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American [name_u]South[/name_u]: [name_u]Erin[/name_u] is eh-rin, [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] is air-rin

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They sound basically the same to me, but my SO from [name_m]Long[/name_m] [name_u]Island[/name_u] NY pronounces them differently.

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They sound completely different to me!
I don’t pronounce [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] like air-in, though! It’s more like aaa-rin, with the a in cat!
[name_u]Erin[/name_u] is eh-rin!

@Emarkulics …I can relate to your SO :sweat_smile:

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[name_u]Erin[/name_u] is eh-rin and [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] is aaa-rin (like the A in cat) but aloud it sounds almost indistinguishable

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[name_m]Aaron[/name_m] is AH-rin (beginning sound similar to the “a” sound in “cash”. Rhyming with Karen). [name_u]Erin[/name_u] is EHR-in. I think the inbetween for both these names is [name_u]Arin[/name_u].

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I second this!

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im scotland it is EH-rin

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[name_f]My[/name_f] Australian accent says they are both entirely different in the way you say it to each other. [name_u]Erin[/name_u] is Eh-rin.

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In my accent:
[name_m]Aaron[/name_m] = AR-in (Ar as in [name_u]Aria[/name_u] or Argentina)
[name_u]Erin[/name_u] = AIR-in

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I don’t pronounce them the same.

[name_m]Aaron[/name_m] - ah-ren
[name_u]Erin[/name_u] - eh-rin

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In my accent (American west) they sound exactly the same, I can hear the difference when I read them in my head but if I were to say them out loud they’d be pretty much indistinguishable

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I pronounce both [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] and [name_u]Erin[/name_u] as Air-in

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Same accent and exactly this! In my head Aaron is air-un and Erin is air-in but out loud they both come out as air-in. My best friend is an Erin who pronounces it air-in and I would have never though to say it as eh-rin nor have I ever heard anyone else in our area say it like that.

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I’m [name_f]English[/name_f] and for me [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] rhymes with [name_f]Karen[/name_f] (“a” as in apple). But [name_u]Erin[/name_u] is different - it starts “eh” as in egg.

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American non-regional accent here and they sound nearly identical when I say them. The difference for me is more in the second sound than the first. AIR-run vs AIR-in.

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I’m Australian, so it’s AH-ron (Aaron) and EH-rin (Erin). Totally different pronunciations.

Funny story: when I first watched the show Criminal Minds, I thought the character named Aaron was called Erin because of how the American actors pronounced the name! I thought, gee, funny to name a male character Erin :laughing::laughing:

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Northern [name_u]England[/name_u] - Eh-rin and Ah-run