Certainly the last one is different from the first two, for me.
I wonder if Erin vs. Aaron is like this too. Were those pronounced identically at some point and we made them different due to spelling? Current status is similar to marry vs. merry - people from other places generally seem to pronounce Erin and Aaron identically whereas I'm used to them being different. But just because they got to the same place as the marry/merry pair doesn't necessarily mean they followed the same path...
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Date: 2013-08-28 01:10 am (UTC)I wonder if Erin vs. Aaron is like this too. Were those pronounced identically at some point and we made them different due to spelling? Current status is similar to marry vs. merry - people from other places generally seem to pronounce Erin and Aaron identically whereas I'm used to them being different. But just because they got to the same place as the marry/merry pair doesn't necessarily mean they followed the same path...