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Posted 26 August 2009 - 06:25 PM

Okay, so my teacher has three daughters.
Roisin Marie is 14. I met her today.
Sinead Ann is 10.
Saoirse Lynn is 6.
The funny thing, is how their names are pronounced.
Roisin, typically pronounced Ro-sheen is pronounced Roy-sin
Sinead, typically shuh nayd is Sin-ee-ad
Saoirse, usually Seer shuh, is Say-or-seh

Roisin dislikes her given name pronounciation, so she goes by Ro-sheen.

I wonder why they would ruin such good names.

What are your thoughts?

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Posted 26 August 2009 - 07:06 PM

Oooh. I do prefer the original spellings. :/

There's some names that I also like prn as they're spelt:


Niamh -prefer Neev, but used to like Nee-am.
Saorise -Sa-oh-reez

etc.

:unsure:

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Posted 26 August 2009 - 07:37 PM

Ugh. that annoys me. I love the traditional prn. Its just weird to try to phonetically say them...

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Posted 27 August 2009 - 04:17 AM

I wonder if your teacher is not 100% American?
I ask because, this "alternative" pronunciation might sound totally weird to you, but it's how I would pronounce them, if I didn't know any better.
Did it make sense?
I mean, I know now that Saoirse is pronounced Seer-shuh, but in Italian, you read the words as they are written, unlike English.
So that's how any Italian would prn. them without knowing :unsure:

Hope I made some sense there!

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Posted 27 August 2009 - 07:42 AM

Ooh, Nadia, that's a good point! She actually is Italian (probably full blooded) and she does have a slight accent, so that's probably why. :unsure:
seer shu
shu nade
and
ro sheen

are prettier though. :P

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Posted 27 August 2009 - 08:06 AM

Yeah, the original pronunciations are prettier, I agree with you :unsure:

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Posted 27 August 2009 - 09:21 AM

I do have to agree. :unsure:

Though I never did quite like Seer-shuh. In my accent, It sounds like I'm saying Sasha with a cockney/australian accent. :P


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Posted 27 August 2009 - 11:41 AM

I prefer the original pronounciations! Before I knew how to properly say classic Irish names I probably would have tried to say them the way your teacher says them.

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Posted 27 August 2009 - 01:56 PM

That's why I don't like names like that. All the pronounciations are completely different from how they are spelled. Just spell it Seersha or something!

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Posted 27 August 2009 - 02:57 PM

i'm loving all three

especially sinead and saoirse >.< :unsure:


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Posted 27 August 2009 - 08:12 PM

That's why I don't like names like that. All the pronounciations are completely different from how they are spelled. Just spell it Seersha or something!

~alyssa


Exactly.

Same goes for the name Niamh or something.

I kept thinking 'nyphm, like the magical creature!'

Little did I know it's actually N-eeve.





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