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[Opinions] Re: Why? (nt)

by Miranda (Randee15)

2/6/2006, 5:01 PM

in reply to a message by MusicalTwinSiStar2

Saoirse's the original spelling, and it simply looks the best to me. Also Sorsha doesn't reflect how Saoirse's pronounced--Seersha would be more accurate, but that looks unbalanced to me.

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- MusicalTwinSiStar2 +4

2/6/2006, 5:28 PM

Oh no, it's not that I asked about the spelling! Did I put that wrong? I just wanted to know which name you liked better, Saoirse or Sorsha. Of course they are and I see them both as two completely seperate names! Sorsha isn't supposed to be another spelling variant of Saoirse!

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- Miranda (Randee15) +3

2/6/2006, 5:39 PM

Well... I still prefer Saoirse ;-)

I'm more familiar with Saoirse, and I really like its meaning.

However, I'd be willing to come around to Sorsha if I knew more about it. What's its meaning, its origin? *Insert obligatory caution about "baby name" sites/books"*

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- MusicalTwinSiStar2 +2

2/6/2006, 5:47 PM

Well, I admit if I knew that I would be glad for I don't know the meaning of the name Sorsha either...! :-/ But I'll let y'all know as soon as I found out. ;-) To be honest, I wouldn't wonder if it had the same or a similar meaning as Sorcha. But we'll hopefully know, soon! :-)

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- Miranda (Randee15) +1

2/6/2006, 6:15 PM

I never thought of Sorcha

Weird! But I could see Sorsha being a form of Sorcha, yes. I seem to recall Sorcha being properly pr. SOR-ka or something similar though, so if Sorsha's a form of Sorcha, then I'd bet it was a phonetic respelling based on a misunderstanding of Sorcha's real pronunciation.

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- MusicalTwinSiStar2

2/7/2006, 10:21 AM

Hmm, possible. Don't ask me but I could have sworne that I read somewhere that Sorcha is to be pronounced SOR-ra. Wait...

Here: http://www.firstname.de (just type in 'Sorcha' in the above free field on the left, start the search and then click on the name)

It says: "gesprochen: sor-ra", which means "pronounced: sor-ra".

Weired, uh?

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