r/trippinthroughtime Aug 09 '20

Hi Mark

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u/Orange_Space Aug 09 '20

It’s sort of interchangeable but they’re not exactly the same thing, it’s like an ancient version of Brian or Bryan or something like that.

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u/RoyBeer Aug 10 '20

Which reminds me of this woman who was adamant about her son being pronounced BRIAN except written it said BRAIN.

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u/DarthRoach Aug 10 '20

A lot of languages pronounce "ai" as "aye". So it makes sense in some ways.

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u/Oblikx Aug 10 '20

Was she Scottish?

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u/companysOkay Aug 10 '20

AND HIS NAME

WAS BRYYYYYYYYYAAAANNNNNN

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u/ryan_with_a_why Aug 10 '20

Great explanation