Aaron is Hebrew and Erin is Irish. They just happen to sound the same.

They don't even sound the same, except in some (not all) American accents. They don't sound even remotely similar to me.

drnick1 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I thought they did not, but after actually vocalizing them I would say they are basically indistinguishable in real (fast) speech.

	▲	YeGoblynQueenne 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Once more I find myself wondering whether English really needs different vowels, if they can all be substituted for each other.

Interesting, they sound exactly the same to me, and I cannot even think of how they might sound different to someone else. Care to explain?

Atreiden 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Not when pronounced correctly as A-Aron