thread: Opinions on my names please :)

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  1. #1
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    Dec 2008
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    ETA, Jen, how do you pronounce Saiorse?
    DD goes to school with a Saiorse, they pronounce it See-sha.

  2. #2
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    Jan 2009
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    A friend has a daughter named Niamh, so I am now aware of how to pronounce it. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't. And that is understandable - if a name is unfamiliar, we try to pronounce it phonetically. I have often heard it mis-pronounced as Niam (rhymes with Liam).

    The other problem is, that people never know how to spell her name either.
    But it is such a personal decision- only you can make it. Her friends and teachers will learn how to pronounce and spell it.