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TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 11 months agoMisspellings of popular names (Anna but spelled Aeigheynneah) and things that are judged to be too othering.
blarghly@lemmy.world 11 months ago
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 months ago
how is that even close to pronounced the same as Anna? most half the word would have to be silent.
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
look up spelling systems of Gaelic languages (e.g. Irish, Scottish Gaelic), that is not too far off
MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
For example Caoimhe, pronounced Keeva.
DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Despite having heard the name Siobhan (pronounced Sheh-vaugn), I never saw it written until many years later and in an unrelated circumstance so I assumed it was pronounced “Sigh-Oh-Ban”. Irish names are insanely confusing for anyone who isn’t Irish and I’ll eternally argue there’s no shame in getting one wrong.