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[Opinions] Re: Edna
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I like Eithne too - though my ex-employer's mother was and is a horrible woman called Eithne which spoiled the name for me a little. ET-nah is the usual prn through-out Ireland. The En-ya prn is very much a minority - it annoys me a little that it has gotten so well known :p
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Thank you.Now I don't feel so alone in the way I pronounce Eithne ("ET-nah"). I always felt I was swimming against the stream. Now I'll suggest it more. :-)
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Yes. It's actually the other way. The Enya prn is the minority. I knew an Eithne from Donegal who said it Ethna so I don't know how common the Enya way is in Donegal even. Enya, spelled this way, is rising in popularity in Ireland by the way.
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