TIL... - Page 24

auntiehill · November 8 2012, 01:40 AM

RoJoHen wrote:

TIL that the girl I like also likes me! Huzzah!

Wo-hoo!

cooleddie74 · November 8 2012, 01:42 AM

Nice, RoJo! Good luck!

B.J. · November 8 2012, 03:42 AM

6079SmithW wrote:

TIL that "Aaron" and "Erin" are pronounced differently outside of the U.S.

I say them different too, but it's a *very* slight difference.

lurok · December 1 2012, 01:06 PM

Fracking is a method of natural gas extraction. And there was me thinking...

Mr. Laser Beam · December 1 2012, 06:34 PM

B.J. wrote:

6079SmithW wrote:

TIL that "Aaron" and "Erin" are pronounced differently outside of the U.S.

I say them different too, but it's a *very* slight difference.

I believe some differing accents WITHIN the U.S. also pronounce those names differently. Similar to how some accents pronounce "cot" and "caught" the same, and some don't.

Sector 7 · December 2 2012, 07:07 AM

YesTerday I Learned my doctor thinks I suffer from depression.

thestrangequark · December 3 2012, 01:34 AM

B.J. wrote:

6079SmithW wrote:

TIL that "Aaron" and "Erin" are pronounced differently outside of the U.S.

I say them different too, but it's a *very* slight difference.

I'm US born and raised and I say them differently...one starts with an e sound and one starts with an a sound. Do some people pronounce them as homonyms?

RoJoHen · December 3 2012, 01:35 AM

thestrangequark wrote:

B.J. wrote:

6079SmithW wrote:

TIL that "Aaron" and "Erin" are pronounced differently outside of the U.S.

I say them different too, but it's a *very* slight difference.

I'm US born and raised and I say them differently...one starts with an e sound and one starts with an a sound. Do some people pronounce them as homonyms?

They both start with an A sound where I'm from.

cooleddie74 · December 3 2012, 02:32 AM

In my part of the state of Virginia "Aaron" and "Erin" sound pretty much the same due to the local accents. I have to admit that even though I don't have a particularly strong and pronounced Southern accent I have enough of one that when I say both names they sound very much alike unless I stress the "o" in Aaron and pronounce the name "Air-ON."

Most Aarons I've known during the course of my life pronounced their names like Erin.

thestrangequark · December 3 2012, 02:41 AM

I had to sit here stupidly saying, "Aaron, Erin, Aaron, Erin," but I definitely pronounce both the first vowel sound and second vowel sound differently in those two names. The difference is subtle, but it's there. And one pronunciation definitely sounds like a boys' name to me and the other definitely sounds like a girls'! -- That'd be 18 years of a Seattle accent and 11 years of a NYC accent, don't know which is responsible.

Sector 7 · December 3 2012, 03:54 AM

Where I live, both are pronounced exactly the same. I do admit, though, when I sat here pronouncing both... I noticed the RON of Aaron and RIN of Erin were pronounced slightly different.

Yoda · December 3 2012, 04:18 AM

Boo! Erin and Aaron mos' def pronounced the same way, therefore, TIL some people do things horribly horribly wrong. Wait, knew that already.

Tora Ziyal · December 3 2012, 03:41 PM

thestrangequark wrote:

I had to sit here stupidly saying, "Aaron, Erin, Aaron, Erin," but I definitely pronounce both the first vowel sound and second vowel sound differently in those two names. The difference is subtle, but it's there. And one pronunciation definitely sounds like a boys' name to me and the other definitely sounds like a girls'! -- That'd be 18 years of a Seattle accent and 11 years of a NYC accent, don't know which is responsible.

Yup, short a (like in apple) and short e (elephant). With a North Jersey / Maryland accent.

lurok · December 3 2012, 05:00 PM

I've only heard three pronunciations: air-on, a-ron and eh-rin.

6079SmithW · December 3 2012, 05:32 PM

jinglebellrok wrote:

I've only heard three pronunciations: air-on, a-ron and eh-rin.

See, I've always pronounced both as "air-in".

November 8 2012, 01:42 AM	#347
cooleddie74 Fleet Admiral Location: The Warped Sector of the Demented Quadrant	Re: TIL... Nice, RoJo! Good luck! __________________ This shirt is dry clean only. Which means it's dirty. -Mitch Hedberg

December 1 2012, 01:06 PM	#349
lurok Commodore Location: Lost In The EU Expanse	Re: TIL... Fracking is a method of natural gas extraction. And there was me thinking... __________________ “Between ennui and ecstasy unwinds our whole experience of time.”

December 2 2012, 07:07 AM	#351
Sector 7 Rear Admiral Location: Obama's Achievements - http://obamaachievements.org/list	Re: TIL... YesTerday I Learned my doctor thinks I suffer from depression. __________________ “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” -FDR God gives us what we can handle, even if we don't believe it ourselves.

December 3 2012, 02:32 AM	#354
cooleddie74 Fleet Admiral Location: The Warped Sector of the Demented Quadrant	Re: TIL... In my part of the state of Virginia "Aaron" and "Erin" sound pretty much the same due to the local accents. I have to admit that even though I don't have a particularly strong and pronounced Southern accent I have enough of one that when I say both names they sound very much alike unless I stress the "o" in Aaron and pronounce the name "Air-ON." Most Aarons I've known during the course of my life pronounced their names like Erin. __________________ This shirt is dry clean only. Which means it's dirty. -Mitch Hedberg

December 3 2012, 02:41 AM	#355
thestrangequark Vice Admiral Location: Brooklyn!	Re: TIL... I had to sit here stupidly saying, "Aaron, Erin, Aaron, Erin," but I definitely pronounce both the first vowel sound and second vowel sound differently in those two names. The difference is subtle, but it's there. And one pronunciation definitely sounds like a boys' name to me and the other definitely sounds like a girls'! -- That'd be 18 years of a Seattle accent and 11 years of a NYC accent, don't know which is responsible. __________________ The Enterprise is my TARDIS. View my art!

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December 3 2012, 03:54 AM	#356
Sector 7 Rear Admiral Location: Obama's Achievements - http://obamaachievements.org/list	Re: TIL... Where I live, both are pronounced exactly the same. I do admit, though, when I sat here pronouncing both... I noticed the RON of Aaron and RIN of Erin were pronounced slightly different. __________________ “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” -FDR God gives us what we can handle, even if we don't believe it ourselves.

December 3 2012, 04:18 AM	#357
Yoda Rear Admiral Location: San Diego	Re: TIL... Boo! Erin and Aaron mos' def pronounced the same way, therefore, TIL some people do things horribly horribly wrong. Wait, knew that already. __________________

December 3 2012, 05:00 PM	#359
lurok Commodore Location: Lost In The EU Expanse	Re: TIL... I've only heard three pronunciations: air-on, a-ron and eh-rin. __________________ “Between ennui and ecstasy unwinds our whole experience of time.”