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in reply to a message by maire
I guess this sounds harsh, but since you seem serious you may as well get my opinion as a data point ... SOR-sha doesn't sound to me like an Anglicized pronunciation. It sounds like an American mispronunciation. There's a hard K sound in the name and if you miss it, that just seems incorrect to me. SORK-ha is not that hard to say for Americans. IMO. I met a little girl (her mom obviously from Ireland) one day at a park who was called Sorcha, and it was natural and close-enough for me to say it as, roughly, SORK-ha. And it would have come out "Sorka" if I was talking in a hurry.
Whatever, though - people would get used to it pronounced the way you want it, and there are tons of people named with offbeat pronunciations and it's not like it ruins their lives. I would not alter the original spelling though. At least get the spelling reasonably authentic, if the name is supposed to be Sorcha and not a made up name.
I think Sorcha Kathleen is a really lovely combo. I don't think Aurora sounds very good with Sorcha, but I also don't think it really matters if first and middle names don't sound good together, as long as they don't sound really outrageous. Even Sorcha Aurora For--- isn't bad. Sorcha For--- sounds kind of neat actually.
Whatever, though - people would get used to it pronounced the way you want it, and there are tons of people named with offbeat pronunciations and it's not like it ruins their lives. I would not alter the original spelling though. At least get the spelling reasonably authentic, if the name is supposed to be Sorcha and not a made up name.
I think Sorcha Kathleen is a really lovely combo. I don't think Aurora sounds very good with Sorcha, but I also don't think it really matters if first and middle names don't sound good together, as long as they don't sound really outrageous. Even Sorcha Aurora For--- isn't bad. Sorcha For--- sounds kind of neat actually.
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