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Help[Opinions] Re: Erin & Megan
in reply to a message by mirfak
Does the name Erin always make you think of Ireland, or is it mostly just a personal name to you?
I think of Erin as a personal name, not as a place name but, yes, I do think of Ireland when I hear/see it because I know the name originated from there (I take a personal interest in Ireland and things Irish anyway because I have Irish ancestry on both sides of the family and have been researching it.)
Does it sound very much the same as Aaron when you say it out loud, or different? (Where's your accent from?)
The first vowel sound is the same for each name, like "air", however I pronounce the short "i" sound in Erin like the "i" in "pin" and the "o" sound of Aaron more like the "o" in "son" (here at BtN, the sound would be represented by that little upside down "e" symbol, I believe). It's a slight difference, really, when speaking rapidly and I'm not sure if my pronunciation is more due to having been taught to read phonetically or because of the way I've heard the names pronounced. The only famous people I could think of off the top of my head by which to compare are Erin Andrews and Aaron Spelling, so I went to youtube and listened to a few videos for each, comparing how their names were pronounced by the media, including by Erin herself. Sounds like some pronounce the names fairly identically while others pronounce the endings with slight vowel difference, as I described, but you really have to pay attention to notice. (west coast, U.S.)
When you meet an Erin, do you like or dislike her name and why?
I can't recall ever having met an Erin. My earliest exposure to the name I can recall is a character on "The Waltons". I like the name.
How do you say MEGAN - with the E as in egg? as in eel? or does the name rhyme with "pagan"?
While I'm aware the other pronunciations you list exist, I've only personally ever heard the name pronounced to rhyme with "pagan", so I follow suit and pronounce it that way.
Do you say Megan and Meghan the same, or not? I would; have never met this spelling.
Do you like or dislike Megan, and do you like Meghan more, or less?
I don't care for Megan both because the sound, regardless of which pronunciation, doesn't do anything for me and because I feel like I've heard/seen so many that I just got tired of it. The Meghan spelling annoys me because the addition of the "h" in that location does nothing to clarify how the name is meant to be pronounced. If the "h" came after the "e", I would guess the "e" sound is meant to be short, as in "ever" or, it seems, your pronunciation of "egg". Here, "egg" rhyme's with the "pag" of "pagan" and I've never heard it pronounced differently.
How many Megans / Meghans have you known, how old are they, and where are they from?
Have never known/seen Meghan(s). Have known a few Megan(s); they'd range from teenager to twenty-somethings now. Have seen and heard the name what feels like quite a lot, though, over the last decade...children being called by mothers, name tags on store clerks, that sort of thing.
I think of Erin as a personal name, not as a place name but, yes, I do think of Ireland when I hear/see it because I know the name originated from there (I take a personal interest in Ireland and things Irish anyway because I have Irish ancestry on both sides of the family and have been researching it.)
Does it sound very much the same as Aaron when you say it out loud, or different? (Where's your accent from?)
The first vowel sound is the same for each name, like "air", however I pronounce the short "i" sound in Erin like the "i" in "pin" and the "o" sound of Aaron more like the "o" in "son" (here at BtN, the sound would be represented by that little upside down "e" symbol, I believe). It's a slight difference, really, when speaking rapidly and I'm not sure if my pronunciation is more due to having been taught to read phonetically or because of the way I've heard the names pronounced. The only famous people I could think of off the top of my head by which to compare are Erin Andrews and Aaron Spelling, so I went to youtube and listened to a few videos for each, comparing how their names were pronounced by the media, including by Erin herself. Sounds like some pronounce the names fairly identically while others pronounce the endings with slight vowel difference, as I described, but you really have to pay attention to notice. (west coast, U.S.)
When you meet an Erin, do you like or dislike her name and why?
I can't recall ever having met an Erin. My earliest exposure to the name I can recall is a character on "The Waltons". I like the name.
How do you say MEGAN - with the E as in egg? as in eel? or does the name rhyme with "pagan"?
While I'm aware the other pronunciations you list exist, I've only personally ever heard the name pronounced to rhyme with "pagan", so I follow suit and pronounce it that way.
Do you say Megan and Meghan the same, or not? I would; have never met this spelling.
Do you like or dislike Megan, and do you like Meghan more, or less?
I don't care for Megan both because the sound, regardless of which pronunciation, doesn't do anything for me and because I feel like I've heard/seen so many that I just got tired of it. The Meghan spelling annoys me because the addition of the "h" in that location does nothing to clarify how the name is meant to be pronounced. If the "h" came after the "e", I would guess the "e" sound is meant to be short, as in "ever" or, it seems, your pronunciation of "egg". Here, "egg" rhyme's with the "pag" of "pagan" and I've never heard it pronounced differently.
How many Megans / Meghans have you known, how old are they, and where are they from?
Have never known/seen Meghan(s). Have known a few Megan(s); they'd range from teenager to twenty-somethings now. Have seen and heard the name what feels like quite a lot, though, over the last decade...children being called by mothers, name tags on store clerks, that sort of thing.
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