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Alternatives for Grainne?

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  • 08-10-2018 6:55pm
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    OU812
    Registered Users Posts: 6,035 ✭✭✭


    There’s this woman at work who’s really quite annoying.

    She’s been there about 6-8 weeks so I’ve had a little interaction with her but today she did something which landed me in it which was not my fault but it was her word against mine.

    She’s an indirect superior, so I don’t want to do anything which is likely to bite me in the ass, but I would like to annoy her.

    I want to start calling her by the wrong name (Ron Swanson approach), as I know that’ll really annoy her - she makes a point of going by a full Irish name even though the English version is her real name, so what can I “confuse” Grainne with?


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    Yer Da sells Avon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


    Gráinne means 'Grace', doesn't it?

    Accuse her of behaving disgráinnefully.


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    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    Isn't Grainne used as translation of Grace? Or just piss her of and use the fonetic pronunciation.


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    Boscoirl
    Registered Users Posts: 2,232 ✭✭✭Boscoirl


    Someone’s got the hots for his boss


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    Sardonicat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,378 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    Pronounce Grainne as an English person would; Grainey/Granya

    Or call her Aine or Una all the time.


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    Powerhouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,428 ✭✭✭Powerhouse


    OU812 wrote: »

    I want to start calling her by the wrong name (Ron Swanson approach), as I know that’ll really annoy her - she makes a point of going by a full Irish name even though the English version is her real name, so what can I “confuse” Grainne with?

    How do you work out that the English version is her real name? Have you seen some kind of court order which states this? Surely what she calls herself is her real name. You run the risk of coming across as a notice-seeking bell-end if you call her by a different name to everyone else.


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    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,221 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    Powerhouse wrote: »
    How do you work out that the English version is her real name? Have you seen some kind of court order which states this? Surely what she calls herself is her real name. You run the risk of coming across as a notice-seeking bell-end if you call her by a different name to everyone else.

    Who gives a fcuk? What a pretentious post, and the use of "surely" is just classical.

    Call her Gregory and then piss in her tea.


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    pjohnson
    Registered Users Posts: 23,247 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    George


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    Signore Fancy Pants
    Registered Users Posts: 3,683 ✭✭✭Signore Fancy Pants


    Judt keep calling her "Bainne".


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    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    Ignore her, don’t waste your energy.


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    indioblack
    Registered Users Posts: 1,936 ✭✭✭indioblack


    Powerhouse wrote: »
    Surely what she calls herself is her real name.
    Don't call me Shirley.


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    salmocab
    Registered Users Posts: 11,294 ✭✭✭✭salmocab


    Mispronounce it, Grah-nya then when she corrects you claim you can’t hear any difference


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    wexie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    OU812 wrote: »
    so what can I “confuse” Grainne with?

    groany


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    OU812
    Registered Users Posts: 6,035 ✭✭✭OU812


    Powerhouse wrote: »
    How do you work out that the English version is her real name? Have you seen some kind of court order which states this? Surely what she calls herself is her real name. You run the risk of coming across as a notice-seeking bell-end if you call her by a different name to everyone else.

    I’ve seen her driving licence


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    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,903 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    Yawnia.


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    screamer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭screamer


    Call her gobnait.... What a beautiful Irish name. Pronounced gub net


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    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    Just over pronounce it...Groin-Yah wit particular emphasis on the GROIN part or Graw-hoin-ya and pronounce it as three separate syllables.


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    Donald Trump
    Registered Users Posts: 19,115 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    Sardonicat wrote: »
    Pronounce Grainne as an English person would; Grainey/Granya

    Or call her Aine or Una all the time.




    Or Geebag.


    Most Grainnes have been called it plenty of times in the past


    Usually by their parents


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    milltown
    Registered Users Posts: 4,613 ✭✭✭milltown


    https://translate.google.ie/?rlz=1C5CHFA_enIE758IE759&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&client=tw-ob#en/ga/ugly


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    clintondaly
    Registered Users Posts: 1,813 ✭✭✭clintondaly


    Dave.


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    #21
    rovertom
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 150 ✭✭rovertom


    Continually just call her Aine.


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    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users Posts: 4,421 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    Go with GrEnya and say that's how its pronounced in your locality.


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    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users Posts: 4,421 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    Go with GrEnya and say that's how its pronounced in your locality.


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    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users Posts: 4,421 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    ToddyDoody wrote: »
    Go with GrEnya and say that's how its pronounced in your locality.

    I dont know if this would be annoying enough tho.


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    Archeron
    Registered Users Posts: 6,188 ✭✭✭Archeron


    ToddyDoody wrote: »
    I dont know if this would be annoying enough tho.

    It would if you punctuate it every time with a fart.


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    enfant terrible
    Registered Users Posts: 4,551 ✭✭✭enfant terrible


    salmocab wrote: »
    Mispronounce it, Grah-nya then when she corrects you claim you can’t hear any difference

    Ya do it exactly like Joey

    B3tAi-mCcAAxfMO.png:large


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    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Bertha. Nobody wants to be called Bertha


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    #28
    OU812
    Registered Users Posts: 6,035 ✭✭✭OU812


    Called her Aine several times today in conversations, she corrected me twice & twice I told her I had called her Grainne.

    Was very selective about it and never over emphasised it.

    Could see her visibly annoyed & doubting herself.

    Gonna keep this up.


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    #29
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,378 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    Throw in the odd Granya and when she corrects you ask "Is that not what I said?"

    You evil gasslighting genius.


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    #30
    [Deleted User]
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    “Oh Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger
    They'll take me out at dawn and I will die
    With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger
    There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye”


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    #31
    salmocab
    Registered Users Posts: 11,294 ✭✭✭✭salmocab


    OU812 wrote: »
    Called her Aine several times today in conversations, she corrected me twice & twice I told her I had called her Grainne.

    Was very selective about it and never over emphasised it.

    Could see her visibly annoyed & doubting herself.

    Gonna keep this up.

    I’d like to applaud you for this bit of childish nonsense.


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