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[Opinions] Re: Irish Speakers please help! How do you pronounce....?

by Andromache (Hannah Ruth)

1/23/2011, 2:49 AM

Im not an Irish speaker, but I know Aoife is "EE-fa" and Aoibhe is "EE-va", so Aoibheann is "EE-van".

- Dracotorix +3

1/23/2011, 10:29 AM

So would Aoibheal sound like "evil"?

- gaelruadh19 +1

1/23/2011, 6:03 PM

Well, AY-val or EE-val depending on the dialect.

- Nikki Lynn :-] (Arieanne)

1/24/2011, 11:18 AM

Thankyou! :)

I love it pronounced ay-val & ay-van best but I didn't want to use it if it wasn't correct.

- Lea M (lcgirl20)

1/23/2011, 4:42 PM

I think so

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