Comment on Should naming your children stupid names be illegal?
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoAeigheynneah
how is that even close to pronounced the same as Anna? most half the word would have to be silent.
Comment on Should naming your children stupid names be illegal?
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoAeigheynneah
how is that even close to pronounced the same as Anna? most half the word would have to be silent.
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
look up spelling systems of Gaelic languages (e.g. Irish, Scottish Gaelic), that is not too far off
MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
For example Caoimhe, pronounced Keeva.
DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 3 weeks 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.