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how to spell these names? And which do you prefer? :)

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  • #32
    ezra_pound
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭ezra_pound


    deirdremf wrote: »
    I had a teacher who said the same, but he was wrong - he was trying to apply a French rule to Irish.
    In Irish the fada is always written - if you want to be correct.
    Just look at the surnames in Ó, for instance, to go no further!

    To get back to the name Éilis, IMO it should be spelt with a fada on the E.
    Nonetheless, you often see it written without, even in Irish language texts.

    Why should it have a fada? All the Eilís-es I know pronounce it aye-leesh which would mean that it shouldn't be fadad.

    Edit: aye-leesh as in aye aye captain


  • #33
    yabbadabbadoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭yabbadabbadoo


    Ok folks, thanks for the scholarly analysis, now I'd like your personal opinions please.

    I accept that both Eye-lish and Eye-leesh are valid pronounciations as I've met both from different generations and parts of the country.

    But which do you think is the prettier sound? (and easier to say/live with) - purely personal opinions please!


  • #34
    Paramite Pie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭Paramite Pie


    yabbadabbadoo wrote: »
    Ok folks, thanks for the scholarly analysis, now I'd like your personal opinions please.

    I accept that both Eye-lish and Eye-leesh are valid pronounciations as I've met both from different generations and parts of the country.

    But which do you think is the prettier sound? (and easier to say/live with) - purely personal opinions please!

    I prefer the sound of Eye-leesh personally. As long as you don't spell it that way!!:D

    My mum has a cousin named Alana in Scotland, I never knew it's meaning. It's not a bad name as most people are oblivious to its origins. Most Irish people have 'conventional' Western names and not traditional ones anyways so if you like the name you could also consider it. The majority of us won't think twice about the meaning - I think it sounds pretty!:cool:


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