>Yeah, but ignoring spelling and instead listening to how it's pronounced - it's the same I’m Scottish and pronounce the two words quite differently. “Bairn” s

>Yeah, but ignoring spelling and instead listening to how it's pronounced - it's the same I’m Scottish and pronounce the two words quite differently. “Bairn” sounds like “bear” with an “n” at the end and “barn” has a much harder “a” sound. Interestingly, “burn” is a common word for a small stream in Scotland, but I digress.