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In fairness though, Niamh and Siobhán are names from another language! You do get dialectical differences in Irish and there's some spelling reform stuff, but
by another-dave 3y ago
In fairness though, Niamh and Siobhán are names from another language!
You do get dialectical differences in Irish and there's some spelling reform stuff, but at least for the most part there's some internal consistency (to the dialect) in how stuff should be pronounced.
- CalRobert 3y agoTrue, after a while living in Ireland it came without too much trouble. (consonant followed by "h" is close to "v", the "ough" thing, "oise" being like "osh", etc.) But I still made a fool of myself trying to say Portlaoise and Dun Laoghaire a few times. In conversation with my neighbour Eoghan no less. By the time we had a daughter the name Maeve was in serious contention and I admit I was pretty enthusiastic about going with "Méibh" or even "Medb" but we ended up going with something else.