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[Opinions] Re: Irish names
in reply to a message by Lily
I met a lady online several years ago from Ireland. Her name is Saoirse and she told me there are two common pronunciations in Ireland. One is SEER-sha. The other is SAYR-sha which is how this particular woman pronounces her name. When you think about it, SAYR-sha and Saoirse Ronan's pronunciation, SIR-sha are very similar so I wouldn't be surprised if the SAYR is what her parents were going for and it came out as SIR (sort of like mad-uh-LEN vs. mad-uh-LYN).
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