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The worst kid's name you've ever heard?

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  • #2672
    Keane2baMused
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭Keane2baMused


    I heard Beyoncé being told to "get over here NOW" on grafton street.

    It wasn't Jay Z calling her either.


  • #2673
    Keane2baMused
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭Keane2baMused


    MRnotlob606 wrote: »
    I am not a hater of our beloved Irish culture. But I think we have some very stupid sounding names in the Irish Language like Odhrán, like put a B in front of it an you're a f&*cking percussion instrument.

    But the name came before the instrument?!


  • #2674
    Olishi4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭Olishi4


    I'd be tempted to call a future daughter Maybelline. I love the name and song by Chuck Berry but not the cosmetic brand so I wouldn't use it.


  • #2675
    cowboyBuilder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,419 ✭✭✭cowboyBuilder


    Regina ... what the hell were they thinking!!?


  • #2676
    keano_afc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,711 ✭✭✭keano_afc


    HensVassal wrote: »
    At least these names, while unusual are ok if you are in Ireland. When you travel/live/work abroad you're in for a world of exasperation. I worked for a summer in the US in a country club with a bunch of other J-1ers. There was was a Sean, a Siobhain and a Niamh amongst us. Were were waiters and waitresses with name tags. The 3 I mentioned had to have their name tags remade with their names spelt phonetically, i.e. Shaun, Shivaun and Neeve because the punters were calling them "Seen", "Sib-hane" and (wait for it) "Nymph" :pac:

    Fuck knows what they'd mangle Sadhbh into

    My daughter is called Sadhbh. We've had fun explaining it to foreigners and Ulster planters. Its best if they dont read it first. :)


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  • #2677
    moycullen14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 920 ✭✭✭moycullen14


    keano_afc wrote: »
    My daughter is called Sadhbh. We've had fun explaining it to foreigners and Ulster planters. Its best if they dont read it first. :)

    Daughter has two friends: Niamh & Sadhbh.

    Former know as 'Knee-am-huh' and the latter 'Sad-huh-buh-huh' in our house.

    God love them if they ever live in the UK. Brits CANNOT pronounce Gaelic names.


  • #2678
    Ezra Wibberley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 93 ✭✭Ezra Wibberley


    ibarelycare wrote: »
    I hate when people add redundant letters to names, it's so pretentious.

    Totally agreed. I know a girl called Orfhlaith... a step above and beyond the already unnecessary Orlaith. Orla. It's Orla.


  • #2679
    dubhthach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,285 ✭✭✭dubhthach


    MRnotlob606 wrote: »
    I am not a hater of our beloved Irish culture. But I think we have some very stupid sounding names in the Irish Language like Odhrán, like put a B in front of it an you're a f&*cking percussion instrument.

    I'd be more concerned about people using pre-reform spelling when there exists often a simplified spelling that deletes characters that are no longer pronounced.

    Compare:
    Ruaidhrí -> Ruairí
    Clíodhna -> Clíona
    Sadbh -> Sabh
    Meadhbh -> Méabh
    Odhrán -> Oran


  • #2680
    fatknacker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭fatknacker


    The worst is those who get arsey if a foreigner doesn't pronounce their name correctly. Wtf do you expect? How is a non Irish speaker supposed to understand crazy Gaelic pronounciations?


  • #2681
    cowboyBuilder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,419 ✭✭✭cowboyBuilder


    How does one pronounce Sadhbh ?


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  • #2682
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    cowboyBuilder wrote: »
    How does one pronounce Sadhbh ?

    sighvv


  • #2683
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Sive, it sounds like a skin condition.


  • #2684
    cowboyBuilder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,419 ✭✭✭cowboyBuilder


    Sive maybe ?


  • #2685
    furiousox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,187 ✭✭✭furiousox


    Assumpta
    Padraigin (For a girl)

    CPL 593H



  • #2686
    northgirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,434 ✭✭✭northgirl


    crispin


  • #2687
    Gunslinger92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭Gunslinger92


    furiousox wrote: »
    Padraigin (For a girl)

    Ah lord above please tell me you're ripping the piss. That's child abuse :(


  • #2688
    furiousox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,187 ✭✭✭furiousox


    Nope, true I'm afraid.
    It's even mentioned in wikipedia!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1draig%C3%ADn

    CPL 593H



  • #2689
    maudgonner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    Gunslinger92 wrote: »
    Ah lord above please tell me you're ripping the piss. That's child abuse :(

    I'm guessing you're not Irish? It's not at all unusual, although less common now than it would have been 20 years ago, even.

    It's the feminine of Padraig, the Irish equivalent of Patricia.


  • #2690
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    maudgonner wrote: »
    I'm guessing you're not Irish? It's not at all unusual, although less common now than it would have been 20 years ago, even.

    It's the feminine of Padraig, the Irish equivalent of Patricia.

    I've literally never heard that name before.


  • #2691
    dubhthach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,285 ✭✭✭dubhthach


    smash wrote: »
    I've literally never heard that name before.

    It's fairly common in Kerry and I've heard it in Galway, than again both counties have Gaeltachtaí

    As pointed out it's equivalent of calling your daughter Patricia.


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  • #2692
    maudgonner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    smash wrote: »
    I've literally never heard that name before.

    I know at least five of them, off the top of my head. Maybe it's a west coast thing.


  • #2693
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    maudgonner wrote: »
    I know at least five of them, off the top of my head. Maybe it's a west coast thing.
    poor girls


  • #2694
    maudgonner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    smash wrote: »
    poor girls

    I don't see anything wrong with the name? Maybe you need to hear it pronounced - it's not as guttural as it looks written down (like most Irish words).


  • #2695
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    maudgonner wrote: »
    I don't see anything wrong with the name? Maybe you need to hear it pronounced - it's not as guttural as it looks written down (like most Irish words).
    I don't care if people go on about heritage etc etc. It's a horrendous name to give a child.


  • #2696
    dubhthach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,285 ✭✭✭dubhthach


    smash wrote: »
    I don't care if people go on about heritage etc etc. It's a horrendous name to give a child.

    No more horrendous than Pádraig


  • #2697
    maudgonner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    dubhthach wrote: »
    No more horrendous than Pádraig

    Exactly, I genuinely don't see why people think it's a horrible name?


  • #2698
    parttime
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 282 ✭✭parttime


    But Irish names aren't hard to pronounce, just hard to read.
    It's not that hard to make an effort.
    My kids are
    Eoghan
    Ruairí
    Donnacha.
    Good strong Irish names.


  • #2699
    cowboyBuilder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,419 ✭✭✭cowboyBuilder


    furiousox wrote: »
    Assumpta
    Padraigin (For a girl)


    So that wasn't just in a Fr. Ted episode so ! :eek:


  • #2700
    furiousox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,187 ✭✭✭furiousox


    Josh.
    More a noise than a name.

    CPL 593H



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  • #2701
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    I agree that Padraigin sounds much much better than it looks, more like paw-ree-geen than prouncing the hard 'ig' in the middle of Padraig.


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