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Americanized Anglasized Irish Names

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  • #32
    lau1247
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭lau1247


    ruthloss wrote: »
    now they call her 'Sive'., as in the thing you shake flour though!

    You mean a sift?


  • #33
    Chattastrophe!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,284 ✭✭✭Chattastrophe!


    lau1247 wrote: »
    You mean a sift?

    You mean a sieve?


  • #34
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Chattastrophe! wrote: »
    You mean a sieve?

    You mean a yokimibob?


  • #35
    lau1247
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭lau1247


    MonaPizza wrote: »
    Put a man on the Moon and they can't get O'Mahoney right...


    O' Mah-HOE-Nee

    Fcuks sake

    I have to say i have yet to come across any o'mahoney, i have come across many o'mahony


  • #36
    lau1247
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭lau1247


    Chattastrophe! wrote: »
    You mean a sieve?

    Both equally valid but in endacl's context, i think sift was the word.

    *i'll get my coat*


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  • #37
    Duck Soup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,996 ✭✭✭Duck Soup


    I grew in England and lived near a family named Keogh, pronounced Kee-Oh. Got a bit confused when I came to Ireland and everyone seemed to pronouncing the name Kyo. Likewise I got used to pronouncing the name Costello, Cos-TELL-oh, only to come over here to listen to people pronouncing it more like Cuh-still-oh. Oh the sufferings of being a plastic paddy...


  • #38
    lau1247
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭lau1247


    endacl wrote: »
    You mean a yokimibob?

    Google work fast, yokimibob is already pointing to this thread, kudos


  • #39
    Chattastrophe!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,284 ✭✭✭Chattastrophe!


    lau1247 wrote: »
    Both equally valid but in endacl's context, i think sift was the word.

    *i'll get my coat*

    Sift is the verb. You sift flour using a sieve.

    And I think Sive is more likely to be mispronounced as "sieve" than "sift". ;)


  • #40
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,235 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    MonaPizza wrote: »
    Put a man on the Moon and they can't get O'Mahoney right...


    O' Mah-HOE-Nee

    Fcuks sake
    I would have said O'Ma honey

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #41
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,235 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Applause wrote: »
    It absolutely grinds my gears when I see people with their name spelt "Neeve"or "Keeva", is there any need like?

    When you go abroad yes

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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  • #42
    Choochtown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭Choochtown


    "Naughton" is another one. Pronounced "knock ton" in Ireland but "Nor ton" elsewhere.

    2 other names which cause confusion abroad (and it's not hard to see why) are Tadhg and Donnchadh.


  • #43
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,235 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Chattastrophe! wrote: »
    Wait, how else would you pronounce Moran? :confused:

    More-un

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #44
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,235 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    lau1247 wrote: »
    You mean a sift?

    Sieive

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #45
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,235 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Duck Soup wrote: »
    I grew in England and lived near a family named Keogh, pronounced Kee-Oh. Got a bit confused when I came to Ireland and everyone seemed to pronouncing the name Kyo. Likewise I got used to pronouncing the name Costello, Cos-TELL-oh, only to come over here to listen to people pronouncing it more like Cuh-still-oh. Oh the sufferings of being a plastic paddy...

    When my English Aunt visited Ireland it was funny hearing that she had passed through At-Henry and Mull-ing-er

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #46
    brandon_flowers
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    I once met a man on a job called Porick Murray. I thought it might be some sort of Polish or Slavic name but no, it was his way of spelling Padraig/Padraic.

    I never worked with him again.


  • #47
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,235 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    This threads reminds me of these

    www.dailyedge.ie/irish-name-problems-891769-May2013/


    www.broadsheet.ie/2013/07/25/when-padraig-orders-in-starbucks/

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #48
    lau1247
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭lau1247


    Chattastrophe! wrote: »
    Sift is the verb. You sift flour using a sieve.

    And I think Sive is more likely to be mispronounced as "sieve" than "sift". ;)

    After making a deeper internal investigation, you are right :(, my sincere apology


  • #49
    Duck Soup
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    And while I remember, honorable mention to Jan Leeming, one of the first female BBC newsreaders, talking on a news bulletin many years ago about somewhere in Ireland called Drog-heed-ah. I still can't find it on the map.


  • #50
    dxhound2005
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    thee glitz wrote: »
    My mother is a Cahill. I can't begin to describe how horrible it is to hear that Everton lad being called K-hill.

    Would you like to explain to the tatooed one with a penchant for celebrating jailbirds when he scores that he does not know how to say his own name correctly.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-524734/Fury-Everton-footballer-Tim-Cahills-pitch-gesture-solidarity-thug-brother-left-man-blinded.html

    I find it amazing that some people think they know how to pronounce someone's name better than the actual owner of the name. Just accept that there are thousands of words with more than one pronunciation, including some first names and some family names.


  • #51
    ruthloss
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    lau1247 wrote: »
    You mean a sift?


    Ah feck off., you all knew what I meant.:o


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  • #52
    dirkmeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,688 ✭✭✭dirkmeister


    WWE wrestler John Cena has a brother called Seán.

    Technically they have the same name.


  • #53
    Khannie
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    Fluorescence wrote: »
    Pfffffft, my name is Aoife. IME, American's brains explode upon seeing it. If I say it to them or write it down as "Ee-fah" I just end up being called Eva.

    It's not the same :(

    We have a baby on the way and seriously considered Aoife if it's a girl, but that was one of the things that went against it.

    I really dislike hearing Irish names mispronounced, but I'm sure we do it to foreigners here all the time too. I make a point of asking proper pronunciation for names I'm not 100% on.


  • #54
    SarahBM
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    Watching the film Dragon Heart (starring Denis Quaid) years ago I heard what I thought was a beautiful name, pronounced "Eehs-linn".

    when the credits came up I wanted to see how it was spelt. Turns out it was just Aisling. LOL Maybe thats just the Welsh/Anglo-Saxon way of saying it. If I did want to name my daughter "Eehs-linn" though, how would you spell it ?!?!? mmm

    Oh and I was also given a birthday card once with my name spelt Saura. I nearly had to be carried away!


  • #55
    pocketse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 142 ✭✭pocketse


    I have located the correct pronunciation of the name Shaughnessy about 20 seconds in here.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZBT3Yd9A0Y


  • #56
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    dirkmeister wrote: »
    WWE wrestler John Cena has a brother called Seán.

    Technically they have the same name.

    No they don't. There's no English version of Seán. John is Eoin.

    Common mistake. Interestingly, and off topic, this mistake is a factoid. Another factoid is the common misunderstanding of the term 'factoid'.

    :)


  • #57
    Meauldsegosha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,688 ✭✭✭Meauldsegosha


    dirkmeister wrote: »
    WWE wrestler John Cena has a brother called Seán.

    Technically they have the same name.

    I know sisters called Sinead and Jennifer. Although it's not a direct translation it is commonly used.

    It caused some problems for them in school.


  • #58
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    antodeco wrote: »
    Ironically, I dont know a single irish person named Shaughnessy
    I do! I used to work with a girl with that surname. But, eh, she was American. Actually she was Irish as bedamned, but her accent let her down. "Shocknessy" was the pronunciation.


  • #59
    Stojkovic
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    Met an American woman who said she loved listened to Sean Finn telling stories about Ireland. Hadnt a clue who she was talking about. I mentioned Seamus Heaney et al but no she was convinced his name was Sean Finn.

    Finally my Scouse friend copped it......she meant Sinn Fein (Gerry Adams).


  • #60
    SpaceTime
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    Let's not forget our dear leader who was introduced on a report on a news channel as Irish President Edna Kennedy.


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  • #61
    Freddie Dodge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 194 ✭✭Freddie Dodge


    Meauldsegosha wrote: »
    I know sisters called Sinead and Jennifer. Although it's not a direct translation it is commonly used.

    It caused some problems for them in school.

    Sinead sorta = Janet as far as I knew. That translating of names from one language to another is all bull anyway....... whats the irish for Miroslav ?


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