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clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 11-Aug-2023 14:32:06 JST clacke

Apparently I have been missing out on an internet classic for 11 years.
"YOU DONE MESSED UP, AY-AY-RON"
English-language names aren't always easy to read if you don't hang with people that have those names and can teach you.
farside.link/invidious/watch?v…
youtube.com/watch?v=Dd7FixvoKB…

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  clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 12-Aug-2023 01:58:25 JST clacke
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  I ended up there because of the comments to a post where someone screenshotted a conversation that went something like:
  1: Drake said only people with two-syllable names are successful, but his own name is just one syllable!
  2: No it isn't, it's two syllables.
  1: Seriously, it's one syllable.
  2: It's two! You don't know syllables? Seriously, this is primary school stuff. It would have been different if his name was actually one syllable, like Aaron.
  1: Are you kidding me right now?? Aaron is three syllables.
  Note: Apparently in Hebrew Aaron is actually three syllables! Not in English though. Unless you're Keegan.
  Draké.
  
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  Jan D (simulo@hci.social)'s status on Saturday, 12-Aug-2023 01:58:36 JST Jan D
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  @bkhl @clacke a-ha-ron (says Wikipedia)
  
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  Björn Lindström (bkhl@social.sdfeu.org)'s status on Saturday, 12-Aug-2023 01:58:38 JST Björn Lindström
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  @simulo @clacke https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_(given_name)
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    Aaron (given name)
    
    Aaron is an English masculine given name. The 'h' phoneme in the original Hebrew pronunciation "Aharon" (אהרן) is dropped in the Greek, Ἀαρών, from which the English form, Aaron, is derived. Aaron, the brother of Moses, is described in the Torah, the Quran and the Baha'i Iqan. The origin of the biblical name is uncertain; however, an Ancient Egyptian origin may indicate "aha rw" meaning "warrior lion", or from Aaru, the Egyptian heaven ruled by Osiris. According to other different theories, the name could be derived from various Hebrew roots meaning "high mountain", "mountain of strength", "exalted", "enlightened", or "bearer of martyrs". The name Aharon may itself be a variant of Haran, the name given to the older brother of Abraham in the book of Genesis.The given name was used by Jews and early Christians, then became exclusively Jewish in the Middle Ages, taken up by Gentiles in the 17th century, and popular among both in the end of the 20th century. Aaron was most popular in the United States in 1994 peaking as the 28th most popular name. Aaron is also a Jewish surname. St. Aaron's day is on July 1 and is celebrated in French speaking...
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  Jan D (simulo@hci.social)'s status on Saturday, 12-Aug-2023 01:58:39 JST Jan D
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  @clacke "Apparently in Hebrew Aaron is actually three syllables!" Do you know how it would be pronouced?
  
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  clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 12-Aug-2023 01:58:44 JST clacke
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  @simulo @bkhl I was bewildered how anyone could make it one syllable and still claim to understand syllables, but people said some people pronounce it basically "Airn" and I believe that.
  
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  clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 12-Aug-2023 01:58:56 JST clacke
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  @liaizon Yes, see top post. =)
  
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  wakest ⁂ (liaizon@social.wake.st)'s status on Saturday, 12-Aug-2023 01:58:57 JST wakest ⁂
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  @clacke ay-ay-ron
  
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  wakest ⁂ (liaizon@social.wake.st)'s status on Saturday, 12-Aug-2023 01:59:27 JST wakest ⁂
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  @clacke sorry, it wasnt meant as an answer I just wanted to say it. this thread led me down a long rabbit hole of reading about the Moses and Aaron on wikipedia
  
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  clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 19:12:09 JST clacke
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  @bkhl @simulo Oh, Aaron too? Or are you talking about Moses now?
  
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  Björn Lindström (bkhl@social.sdfeu.org)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 19:12:10 JST Björn Lindström
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  @clacke @simulo I guess we don't need to feel bad as looking at the etymology it seems stat the Hebrew name is already quite a serious butchering of an Egyptian name.
  
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