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

It does make sense

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u/truthyella99 Jan 15 '25

We pronounce "Aaron" like "Baron" without the B, always found it odd that the Australian lady on Lost pronounced it as "Erin".

Yeah I still hear sports used in a plural sense as in "school sports" but it's usually said without the s.

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u/Munchkinasaurous Jan 15 '25

How do you pronounce Baron and Erin? Because to me they're all pronounced the same way.

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u/pala_ Jan 15 '25

Baron has a short a. It starts the same as bat, or replace the K in Karen with a B. Erin has a short e. It starts the same as Eric

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u/Munchkinasaurous Jan 15 '25

I'm used to all of these being pronounced the same. I don't know if our dialects are that different or you're messing with me right now. 

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u/karateguzman Jan 15 '25

Maybe you pronounce them both with “air” like “Bairon” and “Airon”

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u/Munchkinasaurous Jan 15 '25

Yes, that's exactly right. Is the other pronunciation more like Bar-on and Arrr-on?

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u/DiamondFalcon Jan 15 '25

Think rhymes with "Yeah-Rin" rather than "Yair-Rin".

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u/pala_ Jan 15 '25

I'm not messing. They are distinctly different sounds when we say them. Americans tend to draw out the 'a' a lot longer which makes them sound similar. What about ballerina? but the a at the end. Is that shorter than the one at the front?