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Help[Opinions] Re: Niamh when not Irish?
in reply to a message by Summer
no joke, my name is Tabitha (said exactly as it looks - tab-ith-ah) and yet people - fellow born and bred Americans whose first language is English - constantly mispronounce my name! I've gotten tab-ee-tha, tab-ee-tah (some seem to think it's Scandinavian or something, unless they're Latin and then it's understandable as they don't have the "th" sound), tayb-ith-ah, tayb-ee-tha, etc... my least favorite mispronunciation is a subtle one however that really used to piss me off as a kid - tab-ah-tha! NO! I don't have an 'a' in my name!
So, yeah, it doesn't matter. I say go with Niamh because no matter what, people will say it wrong, even if it's spelled Neve.
"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"
"Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"
- 'Home', Michael Buble
So, yeah, it doesn't matter. I say go with Niamh because no matter what, people will say it wrong, even if it's spelled Neve.
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"
- 'Home', Michael Buble
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