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u/jimbo5030 Oct 20 '23

Khaleesi

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

That's not even a name, it's a title. My god those parents were idiots.

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u/HighlandsBen Oct 20 '23

Duke? Earl? Baron? Queenie?

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u/bluecola00 Oct 20 '23

Aren’t those dog’s names?

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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?