CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 My parents were alarmingly prescient and witty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) Apparently I was going to be named Oisin. Dodged a bullet there!Poetic, no? Finn MacCool and stuff? Edited January 19, 2014 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Aoibhin I think that's one of the best in the 'Not pronounced how you think it would be from how it's spelt' category. I remember when I was younger when Mammy started teaching me Irish having a hard time with names. Not Mammy's name, I know that one....it's Mammy. Now I learn from Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5vDbBdGZiM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nxu1CssWLk ^^^ his name is Owen but I bet it's spelt Eoin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I knew a guy called Eoin in school, but it was pronounced 'yo-in', not 'oh-win'. Sort it out, you Gaelic... Celt people, or whatever you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Vanessa Mae set to compete at Winter OlympicsViolinist Vanessa Mae is set to ski for Thailand at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, which start next month.Mae, a keen skier since childhood, has been competing as Vanessa Vanakorn using her father's surname.“I'm British but realistically there is no way I could represent my own country, but because my natural father is Thai, they have accepted me”She raced four times in Slovenia at the weekend in a last-ditch bid to meet the qualifying standard.Manager Giles Holland, speaking on behalf of Mae, told the BBC: "It would appear that she's done it. She's done it by a whisker, but she's done it."...more on link 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I knew a guy called Eoin in school, but it was pronounced 'yo-in', not 'oh-win'. I don't know for certain but I always thought Eoin was pronounced O-in. There may very well be other pronunciations as there usually is a few different ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I have a colleague called Maurice... but is promounced Morris not Mooreece and you'd think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I have a work colleague called Roisin, I thought it was like ricin, but it's not, it's Rosh-een. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I have a work colleague called Gary but I pronounce it "Annie Lennox", because he looks alarmingly like Annie Lennox. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I have a work colleague called Fred, I call him Fred. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I have a work colleague called Fred, I call him Fred. Liar! You haven't got a job, you just sit on here posting all day long. And half of those are 'edit'. ...yeah, I know your game. I've got my eye on you 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 (edited) edit Edited January 20, 2014 by AVFCforever1991 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Any more unusual spelling and pronunciations of names because this is quite the thrill? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Rodney ....pronounced dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Lads playing on our team: Aidan Eoghain Eoin Fiachna Mícheál Cian Diarmuid Brían Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Family on our road have 3 kids as well, Déaglan, Érin & Daíthí, have a go at those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 20, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted January 20, 2014 I knew a guy called Eoin in school, but it was pronounced 'yo-in', not 'oh-win'. I don't know for certain but I always thought Eoin was pronounced O-in. See, I thought it was pronounced "Ian". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Friend from Orkney, Padraig (Porrick). Someone told me Eoin and John are the same name in different dialects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 20, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted January 20, 2014 Friend from Orkney, Padraig (Porrick). Someone told me Eoin and John are the same name in different dialects. Look at the various European languages - Ian, Jan, John, Jean, Iohannes, Johann, Ivan... all the same name. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Friend from Orkney, Padraig (Porrick). Someone told me Eoin and John are the same name in different dialects. Look at the various European languages - Ian, Jan, John, Jean, Iohannes, Johann, Ivan... all the same name. Seán too moon man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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