Irish Names
Irish Names
Jake Lambert @LittleLostLad
The spelling of Irish names is my pet piamh
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I imagine it is similar to peeve
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Neeve in the north/east of Ireland, Nee-uv in the south/west where I'm from, making this meme even more annoying.
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Somebody please tell me how that's pronounced... Please... I beg of you.
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Say it ain't Siobhan
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Tell that to Aoife
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I'll submit Scáthatch as the one I was most relieved to learn the correct pronunciation of.
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Caoimh - kweeva
Siobhán - Shivawn
Sinead - Shin-ade
Níamh - Neev
Grainne - Grawn-ya
Sorcha - Surka
Bláthnaid - Blawnid
Clíodnadh - Clee-ona
Órlaith - Oar-la
Ciara - Kee-ra
All these names make sense when one understands Irish grammar and pronunciations, but I can absolutely see how people elsewhere would struggle with these.
I wonder if its an accent thing but I've allways heard Niamh as "Nee-uv" and not "Neev" and I know quite a few Niamhs.
Nee-uv is correct. The 'i' carries the stress, as indicated by the accent, so the 'a' turns into an unstressed vowel /ə/.
To anyone else who has studied Irish, this is purposely a simplification.
Oh... I always though Siobhan was really pretty, but it turns out I was just pronouncing it wrong.
Thanks for sharing this! Found a few others as I was looking up my family members names:
Kevin - Caoimhín Maeve - Meadhbh