How do you say
Aaron,
Erin, and
Harry? (I'm west/midwest American and I say
Aaron and
Erin both like air-en and
Harry like hairy. Maybe I'd say
Erin a little shorter than
Aaron but not much difference.)
I don't say
Ann like
Ian but the "A" in
Ann is definitely a diphthong regardless of the accent. I'm imagining it's really obviously two syllables in southern American too, like AY-unn.