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Tadhg (TIEG) is probably my current top fav male name. However, I'm not sure how it would actually work on an American child...obviously
the spelling, being Gaelic, is anything but intuitive. But none of the variants listed on the site (Teague, etc) are very interesting to me. WDYT? Would it be cruel and unusual punishment to name a son Tadhg, spelled like that? If so, do you have any suggestions for alternate spellings? I thought about Taig, which might work...but I still like Tadhg best.
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the spelling, being Gaelic, is anything but intuitive. But none of the variants listed on the site (Teague, etc) are very interesting to me. WDYT? Would it be cruel and unusual punishment to name a son Tadhg, spelled like that? If so, do you have any suggestions for alternate spellings? I thought about Taig, which might work...but I still like Tadhg best.
~ Caitlín
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I feel certain I've seen it spelled Tyghe more than once. I think that's about as close as it comes to spelling it phonetically for American English speakers. Even I can pronounce that.
Anyway, it'd be a minor lifelong exasperation for an American guy named Tadhg, but especially if you are urban, I don't think it's cruel.
- chazda
Anyway, it'd be a minor lifelong exasperation for an American guy named Tadhg, but especially if you are urban, I don't think it's cruel.
- chazda
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Love Tadhg - though I just tried to type it as Iahdg...
Anyway, the other versions, like Teague and Teigue, just don't look as nice as Tadhg. I reckon it's not that bad to besow it on a child. I'd use it in Australia. People would just have to learn that it's pronounced TIEG not TAD-g or something. Taig just doens't cut it for me. Go Tadhg! If the non-Gaelic population of the world can learn the pronounciation of Siobhan they can learn to pronounce Tadhg as well!
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Anyway, the other versions, like Teague and Teigue, just don't look as nice as Tadhg. I reckon it's not that bad to besow it on a child. I'd use it in Australia. People would just have to learn that it's pronounced TIEG not TAD-g or something. Taig just doens't cut it for me. Go Tadhg! If the non-Gaelic population of the world can learn the pronounciation of Siobhan they can learn to pronounce Tadhg as well!
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oops...until I read the whole thing twice I thought the name was said pronounced Tag, only with a different spelling. I would use it if that's what you really want, though it's not something I would ever use..I would just stick with Tag.
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Tadhg is pronounced Ty-g like tiger without the g. If you want to name your son Teague you should name him Teague.
I don't think most Americans would have a clue how to pronounce the name Tadhg, and it would be very unfair to a little boy to have to keep correcting people about his name. The Gaelic 'adh' diphthong pronounced as a y is not something Americans have a clue about,
and even scholars fight about that kind of thing. Tadhg is going to be pronounced Tad -hig more than Tyg.
For more info on the name Tadhg go here http://www.iol.ie/~tadhgs/nametadhg.htm
I don't think most Americans would have a clue how to pronounce the name Tadhg, and it would be very unfair to a little boy to have to keep correcting people about his name. The Gaelic 'adh' diphthong pronounced as a y is not something Americans have a clue about,
and even scholars fight about that kind of thing. Tadhg is going to be pronounced Tad -hig more than Tyg.
For more info on the name Tadhg go here http://www.iol.ie/~tadhgs/nametadhg.htm
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I think you mean Ty-g (like tiger) without the "er" (minor typo)
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I recommend sticking with the original spelling if that's the one you like the most. It's not a horribly complicated name anyway, I don't think, once you see it and hear it together. My name has always given people trouble but it's never been a big issue for me. All in all I was glad that it was the "real" spelling and not a dumbed-down version of it.
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I wouldn't worry
With any name, they can be hard to pronounce at first, but eventually people, even kids can get used to the proper prounciation. It might take them a while for them to get right, but they will get used to the prounciation.
With any name, they can be hard to pronounce at first, but eventually people, even kids can get used to the proper prounciation. It might take them a while for them to get right, but they will get used to the prounciation.
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I think it might seem too try-hard on an American child. Now that pronouncable Irish names like Aidan are getting clichéd, these hardcore Gaelic spellings are going to be the next step I think.
I do love Tadhg too, I'd just be wary of it seeming trend-slavey.
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I do love Tadhg too, I'd just be wary of it seeming trend-slavey.
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Um, I don't think it would be a good idea to name a boy Tadhg...That's really an invitation for problems. Kids would try to pronounce it : Tad-guh or Tad-hug...and he would be teased to no end.
It would work in a book, but not in real life. :-)
It would work in a book, but not in real life. :-)
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