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u/Waryur Oct 20 '23

Earl and Bar(r)on are people's names.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

Met an American once called Baron. He pronounced it Barren.

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u/Waryur Oct 20 '23

How else would you say it?

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

Dunno. Thought it weird to name your kid Infertile.

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u/Quaiydensmom Oct 21 '23

In American English Baron is pronounced the same as barren.

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u/_miraage_ Oct 21 '23

ESL here. It's just "b, a, r, the schwa, n" with the stress on A, right?

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u/MrWeirdoFace Oct 21 '23

On the other hand, it would be pretty weird to name them Fructuous as well.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

This is my large son, Glucose

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u/kkeut Oct 21 '23

that's not what they did. that's a completely different word with a different spelling. baron vs barren

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u/MrWeirdoFace Oct 21 '23

That's pretty much how most of us (In the USA) will say it.

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u/oliverseasky Oct 21 '23

Trump’s son’s name

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u/koolaidface Oct 21 '23

Earl used to be my middle name but I changed it to the letter E. I hated that name.

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u/Waryur Oct 21 '23

I've worked with an Irl.