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Re: Aaron?
I don’t think this applies in the UK. American pronunciations aren’t really applicable to most British accents. “Can” does have a flat A sound here and no one would say Hairy for Harry. I’ve lived in several places in the UK, with vastly different accents, and A-rən is the usual, with AIR-ən being a more affected pronunciation that I’ve heard probably once. They are distinct pronunciations. As a side note, Erin is pronounced differently, too — it’s EH-rin. EH as in “bet”.
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My accent (midwest-west American) doesn't really differentiate between Hairy and Harry, so I thought the "AAA" was rhyming with "car", not "Harry". I guess Car vs Harry is something you'd probably correct, but not Harry vs. Hairy.
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