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Name Pronunciation

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  • 20-03-2019 2:54pm
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    Gryzor
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    Any help me withe the pronunciation o this name: Séighin


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    oLoonatic
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    looks like some sort of way to spell shane in irish.

    EDIT - I presume it would be pronounced SHAY-hin

    I could be wrong.


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    Sorry about that
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    Has to be Shane.


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    jayobray
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    Shane


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    Esel
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    Séan also.

    Not your ornery onager



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    tedpan
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    Sign


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    FishOnABike
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    'Shay-in'


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    Esel
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    I have seen Séaghan, but not Séighin.

    Not your ornery onager



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    dubhthach
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    Esel wrote: »
    I have seen Séaghan, but not Séighin.

    Séaghan/Seaghán is a good example of a 'hypercorrection' in Irish, given that the name is borrowing originally from Norman French and thus would never have had a word internal -gh-

    You can see that it wasn't the standard form in the 16th/17th century when you look at the Annals of the Four Masters...
    Sean mac Cuinn, mic Cuinn mic Enri, mic Eocchain

    (eg. Seán an Díomais Ó Néill)


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