Coworker Had A Baby...

[redfield79.livejournal.com]

Parents:Aidan and Kari (I believe they're Irish)
New Baby: Aoibhin Maire (Pronounced Eve-een Moira)
Older sibling: Aine

Comments

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

I just can't seem to "get" Celtic pronunciations. I thin it's pretty though.

[audiobiblio.livejournal.com]

LOL, that's basically where I'm at with it. I think they're pretty to look at and pretty to say once you actually KNOW how to pronounce them, but how they get THAT pronunciation out of THAT spelling, I may never understand.

[redfield79.livejournal.com]

This...I had to look them both up and they sound nice but I feel bad for any English speaking teachers who are going to have to figure out the pronunciation

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

My only knowledge of how to pronounce Irish names is that 'bh' makes a 'v' sound and if something ends it in an 'e' it probably is an 'a' sound of some description. Otherwise, I just feel as though they add about forty more letters to each word than is necessary by English standards.

[willsjoy.livejournal.com]

My middle child is Moira but we spell it like that. People still have trouble saying it.

[lil-cherub.livejournal.com]

There is a woman at my company named Siobhan (I think its Shi-von). Its really pretty when you learn to say it. I would have never guessed the pronunciation on Aoibhin.

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

I love Irish names and think they're absolutely gorgeous on the whole. But, like everyone said, I wouldn't want my son/daughter continuously needing to spell their names for people. I have to do that enough as is, and my name is Caitlin, LOL.

[being-lola-star.livejournal.com]

My mother worked with a little girl called Aoibhlinn ("Eh-va-lynn"). I love it. She thought both myself and the parents were crazy. Then my cousin gave her daughter the middle name Siobhan (Shu-von) and I was furious because as someone who works in child care there are only so many names that don't end up getting associated with children I work with PLUS I actually like. I also worked with a lady named Aiofe ("Eh-Fa"). Personally I like the style but having no family history of that I'd feel almost guilty using them (not sure if that's the right word, just the closest I've got)

[charuby.livejournal.com]

Irish names are awesome. At first you're like "How the heck do you pronounce THAT?" and then you learn the pronunciation and they end up sounding sooo pretty!

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Aoibhin is really, really pretty.

[netter88.livejournal.com]

Irish is good