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[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

Another post someone made has me curious.

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[widgetchick.livejournal.com]

Oh.... I'm fail. LOL

But just because I pronounce it that way doesn't mean that I always do. I'll pronounce it EE-an if someone is introduced to me as such. Though, when I see it, I think EYE-an. :D

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

I knew someone with that name when I was really young and it was pronounced EE-an, so that's why I've always pronounced it that way. I never even knew there was a different way of pronouncing it until Ian Ziering (sp?)

[eleanorgrace.livejournal.com]

I've seen the spelling Iain, which I would pronounce EYE-an. I don't know if someone made that up, though. Ha.

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

That's still EE-an if it belongs to a Scot (e.g. the author Iain (M.) Banks is definitely an EE-an, I've heard him say it). It's the older form of the name, Ian is the newer spelling.

The Welsh-origin name Ieuan is y-EYE-an, that's the closest to EYE-an in conventional English naming.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Ah my exboyfriend's brother is named Iain and it's still EE-an. I think it's just the Scottish way of spelling it.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

Just moved from Scotland not a week ago, and yup. Iain is still pronounced EE-an.

[eleanorgrace.livejournal.com]

Little did I know. Luckily I've never been in a situation to embarrass myself by saying wrong!

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

ee-an
I've never known anyone say it any diffrently, it's a fairly common name here.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

Same here.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

I've never heard Ian or Iain pronounced any way other than EE-an.

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

EYE-in sounds stupid. It's EE-in.

[stardottedeyes.livejournal.com]

I've mentioned this before on here, but I have a co-worker named Ian, pronounced YAHN. Not sure of the origin.

[soph-posh.livejournal.com]

The German (at least I think it's german, I'm not quite sure. But it's definitely very popular in Germany) version of Ian is Jan, and it's pronounced YAHN.

[mystickiwi.livejournal.com]

"ann"

i know thats really the absolutely wrong not even remotely right way if saying it.... but its how it always comes out when i try to pronounce it...

[mountain-nest.livejournal.com]

My first exposure to the name was from a boy who was named Ian and pronounced EYE-an, but ever since then the only versions I've heard are EE-an, so both work in my eyes.

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

Ee-An.
I have two friends named Ian, one of which pronounces it Ee-An, and the other EYE-AN, just to be obnoxious.

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

and by obnoxious, i mean he was named EE-AN, and changed it to EYE-AN because of the other Ian.