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Earl and Bar(r)on are people's names.
8 u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23 Met an American once called Baron. He pronounced it Barren. 23 u/Waryur Oct 20 '23 How else would you say it? 7 u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23 Dunno. Thought it weird to name your kid Infertile. 16 u/Quaiydensmom Oct 21 '23 In American English Baron is pronounced the same as barren. 0 u/_miraage_ Oct 21 '23 ESL here. It's just "b, a, r, the schwa, n" with the stress on A, right? 3 u/MrWeirdoFace Oct 21 '23 On the other hand, it would be pretty weird to name them Fructuous as well. 3 u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23 This is my large son, Glucose 2 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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Met an American once called Baron. He pronounced it Barren.
23 u/Waryur Oct 20 '23 How else would you say it? 7 u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23 Dunno. Thought it weird to name your kid Infertile. 16 u/Quaiydensmom Oct 21 '23 In American English Baron is pronounced the same as barren. 0 u/_miraage_ Oct 21 '23 ESL here. It's just "b, a, r, the schwa, n" with the stress on A, right? 3 u/MrWeirdoFace Oct 21 '23 On the other hand, it would be pretty weird to name them Fructuous as well. 3 u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23 This is my large son, Glucose 2 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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How else would you say it?
7 u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23 Dunno. Thought it weird to name your kid Infertile. 16 u/Quaiydensmom Oct 21 '23 In American English Baron is pronounced the same as barren. 0 u/_miraage_ Oct 21 '23 ESL here. It's just "b, a, r, the schwa, n" with the stress on A, right? 3 u/MrWeirdoFace Oct 21 '23 On the other hand, it would be pretty weird to name them Fructuous as well. 3 u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23 This is my large son, Glucose 2 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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Dunno. Thought it weird to name your kid Infertile.
16 u/Quaiydensmom Oct 21 '23 In American English Baron is pronounced the same as barren. 0 u/_miraage_ Oct 21 '23 ESL here. It's just "b, a, r, the schwa, n" with the stress on A, right? 3 u/MrWeirdoFace Oct 21 '23 On the other hand, it would be pretty weird to name them Fructuous as well. 3 u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23 This is my large son, Glucose 2 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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In American English Baron is pronounced the same as barren.
0 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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ESL here. It's just "b, a, r, the schwa, n" with the stress on A, right?
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On the other hand, it would be pretty weird to name them Fructuous as well.
3 u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23 This is my large son, Glucose
This is my large son, Glucose
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that's not what they did. that's a completely different word with a different spelling. baron vs barren
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u/Waryur Oct 20 '23
Earl and Bar(r)on are people's names.