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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was growing up, in NY, there were actually slightly different pronunciations for:

Carrie
Kerry

It's all the same to me.[/quote]

I'm from NY, and those are completely different pronunciations. The PP who hears Aaron/ Erin the same with the "American" (you do realize there are different accents in different parts of America, right?) accent, Aaron is pronounced with a short A like arrow. Erin is pronounced with a short E like error.[/quote]

Oh, but wait. Arrow and Error (Airrow and Airrer) have the same beginning. :-) Native New Englander but not with the weird Boston accent part.[/quote]

No New Englander I've known says airrer for error, lol. In the NE I know, arrow and error do not have the same beginning. One starts with "air," the other starts with "eh."

Someone above mentioned Barry vs. berry. Again, these are two different sounds in NE: one starts with "bair" (rhymes with air), the other starts with "beh"-- the same "e" sound in the name "Ed."

The same is true with Carrie/Kerry, Aaron/Erin, and Mary/merry.[/quote]

As a PP noted above, with the STANDARD English pronunciation, it's as simple as knowing the difference between short a sound and short e sound.  I don't know why everyone's bringing regional pronunciations into this.  This is not a debate. [/quote]

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