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Help with pronounciation please.

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  • 02-12-2008 11:40pm
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    carrie4
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    I would be very grateful if someone could tell me if I am right with the pronounciation of the following names....

    Aoibheann agus Aoibhin (fada on second i, sorry it wouldn't work!)

    I think its ee-veen?? Am I right or wrong?:)


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    implausible
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    Depends on where you're living! Ulster pronunciation can be "Aw veen". "Ee veen" is more common everywhere else.


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    carrie4
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    Thanks for quick response Deemark! I'm in Midlands so Ee-veen prob good for me:)


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    tolosenc
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    Ee-veen for me also.

    Actually, Aoibhinn Ní Shuilleabháin for me. Please. ;)


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    Múinteoir
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    deemark wrote: »
    Depends on where you're living! Ulster pronunciation can be "Aw veen". "Ee veen" is more common everywhere else.

    I have to say that in all my contact with Ulster Irish (including being taught by more than one native speaker from Donegal) I have never encountered such a thing. Can you give us a bit more evidence to back that up?


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    Malice
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    carrie4 wrote: »
    I would be very grateful if someone could tell me if I am right with the pronounciation of the following names....

    Aoibheann agus Aoibhin (fada on second i, sorry it wouldn't work!)

    I think its ee-veen?? Am I right or wrong?:)

    To stick a fada on a letter use the AltGr key (it should be to the right of your space bar) so AltGr + e gives é for example. To capitalise a letter use AltGr + Shift + letter so AltGr + Shift + e gives É.

    Looking at what you've written the first name to me would sound like 'Heaven' without the 'h' or 'Divan' without the 'd'. The second one I think should be spelt 'Aoibhínn'. The only Aoibhinn I know leaves out the fada as she maintains it's hard enough to get people to spell/pronounce her name correctly to begin with :). It's pronounce 'Ay' (as in hay) 'veen' (which you had correct. I actually don't know how you are pronouncing the 'ee' in your post so apologies if I've told you something you already know.

    The above is derived from Irish as spoken in Galway, it may not apply to other areas.


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