How to pronounce Mr Ó Siadhail's name!

stephanus · 18-01-2010 10:09AM #1

Can anyone please tell me how to pronounce that name: Ó Siadhail.

He wrote the Irish book I'm using and I cannot figure out how to pronounce it. There are rules for spelling and pronounciation in the book but to a new eye they are contradictory at times.

I think it could be o shayl, knowing that dh is often silent between vowels.
But I can also imagine that the dh is sounded.

Which is it?

Micilin Muc · 18-01-2010 10:47AM

stephanus wrote: »

Can anyone please tell me how to pronounce that name: Ó Siadhail.

He wrote the Irish book I'm using and I cannot figure out how to pronounce it. There are rules for spelling and pronounciation in the book but to a new eye they are contradictory at times.

I think it could be o shayl, knowing that dh is often silent between vowels.
But I can also imagine that the dh is sounded.

Which is it?

Oh Sheel (with two syllables in "Sheel")

stephanus · 18-01-2010 02:02PM

Thanks for answering. I'd have never thought of that!:)

Krusader · 18-01-2010 08:32PM

Just for curiousity on my part, what's thee anglicised version of his name
Would it be Shiel/Shiels

stephanus · 23-01-2010 12:45PM

I found a list of Irish family names and their anglicised counterparts on wikipedia.

Here's what they have:

O'Sheil, O'Shiel, Shiels

How to pronounce Mr Ó Siadhail's name!

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