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How to pronounce girls name Aoibhe

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    #32
    FruitLover
    Registered Users Posts: 2,534 ✭✭✭FruitLover


    Dustie wrote: »
    we spell our daughter's name Aoibhe and pronounce in Ava. Anyone who would correct you on how your own daughter's name is pronounced or who would correct your daughter on her own name would have to be a real know-it-all with no social skills!

    Anyone who would call their child Ava and spell it 'Aoibhe' would have to be some real know-very-little with no Irish spelling (or otherwise pronunciation) skills!


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    #33
    Talliesin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭Talliesin


    Dustie wrote: »
    This is a bit late obviously for you Colleen but we spell our daughter's name Aoibhe and pronounce in Ava. Anyone who would correct you on how your own daughter's name is pronounced or who would correct your daughter on her own name would have to be a real know-it-all with no social skills!

    The word you are looking for is "literate".

    Why not either pronouce it Aoibhe or else spell it Aobha. They're both perfectly good names.

    I don't understand this trend for "oh, Mary down the road had a little boy, she's called him William, spelt A-L-B-E-R-T", rubbish.


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    #34
    JC 2K3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,794 ✭✭✭JC 2K3


    Talliesin wrote: »
    I don't understand this trend for "oh, Mary down the road had a little boy, she's called him William, spelt A-L-B-E-R-T", rubbish.
    :D


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    #35
    jennifer_123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭jennifer_123


    My Cousins daughters name is Aoibhe and her name is pronounced Ava so i would deffinatley say Ava.


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    #36
    Stabshauptmann
    Registered Users Posts: 4,885 ✭✭✭Stabshauptmann


    if you put the letters aoi beside each other its pronounced "ee". Call her what you want, but if you want to prevent confusion there might be problems...


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    #37
    for-why?
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭for-why?


    well my sister's name is Aoibheann and is pronounced Ay-vin....different dialect perhaps? Mine is Ailbhe and despite being pronounced Alva the most common attempt is Ay-il-va. It gets very annoying having people mis-pronounce your name let me tell you!


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    #38
    Talliesin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭Talliesin


    When my ex-wife and I decided that we liked the way Aobha was pronounced, we not only called our youngest daughter that, but spelt it that way. Aoibhe is no more pronounced Aobha than it is Michael or Engelbert or Porcupine.

    The clue is that there are different letters in it.


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    #39
    Saibhreas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭Saibhreas


    Sorry to be dragging this post up again but just wondering is there actually an irish version of the name Aveen?
    Thanks


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    #40
    gudbuzz
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭gudbuzz


    beautiful name, pronounced ava in my opinion!


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