Teasing...

[zaggytiddies.livejournal.com]

What sort of teasing can you think of for the name Aine Keelin (Awn-ya Key-lin)?

Comments

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

If you're not in a country familiar with Gaelic pronunciations, I imagine she will get a lot of head scratches on the pronunciation of her name. I don't see that as a big issue, and certainly nothing to tease her about (imo), but it may be annoying to always have to spell/pronounce her name.

As far as Keelin, I immediately think of "keelin' over," as in dying, but that may be just me. Middle names are generally not well known, so I don't think it matters too much.

[beepandetch.livejournal.com]

I'm not familiar with Gaelic pronunciations so I immediately thought it was pronounced like "pain" minus the P. And that made me think "anus".

Keelin looks made up. Even if it isn't, it looks it.

[idrinkacidrain.livejournal.com]

Keelin does look made up, I agree. If you're going to have hard-to-pronounce-and-spell-for-lots-of-people Aine (which I have nothing against), why not just go ahead and give her Caoilfhionn as the middle name. It's the middle name after all and dumbing down only one name makes no sense.

For Aine, I thought it was AY-nee which is awkward and strange but if your society is familiar with that pronounciation go ahead. I don't like the name but I don't have anything against it.

[soundofbusiness.livejournal.com]

This.

[monkey-fruit.livejournal.com]

Again, the Gaelic pronunciation thing- for people not familiar with it, it's going to provide bit of a problem.(Aine..I see this name all the time and I've always wondered about its pronunciation. I never would have guessed Awn-ya, haha.)

Other than that, I can't think of anything tease-worthy.

[mrssubee.livejournal.com]

no one will ever pronounce her name correctly

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

YEah.

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

I can't think of anything wrong with either name. But why spell Caoilfhionn like that? Do you think Aine Caoilfhionn is too Irishy? You could tone it down some... Caoiliann or Caoilinn or something. I just think it looks so much prettier than Keelin, which I think looks very unattractive.

[idrinkacidrain.livejournal.com]

Yesyesyesyesyes IAWTC

[zaggytiddies.livejournal.com]

I just thought I was stretching it with people pronouncing Aine... No one would come close to pronoucing Caoilfhionn correctly (unless they can read Gaelic). I do love irish names and wish they translated better to English! It would make things much easier for me. lol

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

How often do other people have to see or hear someone's middle name though? Like never. I wouldn't let pronunciation stop me from using something as a middle name.

[zaggytiddies.livejournal.com]

Nothing could ever be too "Irishy" :) Not for me anyway!

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

No one will know how to pronounce her name.

[quitmyscene.livejournal.com]

"That's not a real name!" or "What kind of name is that?"

..or uh, that's the only thing I can think of that people would make fun of in school about 5-10 years ago. Kids usually aren't cultured enough to recognize names outside of their country, so therefore, it's "not real." And if the child tells them "it's __(whatever culture the name is from)__!" it will turn into "well, this isn't _(said country)_ and it's not real here!"

Unluckily enough though, a lot of parents name their children names that actually are NOT real names, so I assume that sort of judgment will stop and the only problems will be pronunciation.

Getting Creative...

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

Elementary: Yawn-ya or you are Ya-Key (yucky)
Jr. High: I am going to poop Awn-ya.
High School: I will you let me cum Awn-ya?

ANY name will get teased. The main problem I see with this name is constant mispronunciation.

Re: Getting Creative...

[zaggytiddies.livejournal.com]

Thank you... that's exactly what I was looking for. Never thought about these... lol

Re: Getting Creative...

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

I met someone once named Anle who gets teased with "Anal." That's all I can think of though- just because I look at "Aine" and think it sounds like... well, ain.

[sidheblessed.livejournal.com]

I personally like the name Aine and, to be honest, the peple who know her will be able to pronounce it. Yes, she'll have to pronounce it for people the first time she meets them but lots of people with unusual names have to. The people who count will know she's Awn-ya, not Ain-rhymes-with-pain.

Also, kids will tease other kids who have perfectly common names where they are from.

[meeksnmeebs.livejournal.com]

Ok, so I actually ended up thinking about this alot, and based off what someone here said about pain, and the fact that it will likely get mispronounced at least a few times, I started thinking in a circle.
Aine = pain
Keelin = keel = kill
= pain killer / killer pain... and any variation off that. BUT, the good thing is, I have a vivid imagination, and it took me like, 3 days to come up with it while thinking on it heavily.
I do love the pronunciation btw :)