Re: Niamh when not Irish?
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
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Niamh when not Irish?  ·  JBrianna  ·  3/26/2006, 6:17 AM
Re: Niamh when not Irish?  ·  Bear  ·  3/26/2006, 12:50 PM
Re: Niamh when not Irish?  ·  Isla  ·  3/26/2006, 9:54 AM
Re: Niamh when not Irish?  ·  Narinoc  ·  3/26/2006, 6:59 AM
Exactly my point :-)  ·  JBrianna  ·  3/26/2006, 7:04 AM
Re: Niamh when not Irish?  ·  lawruh  ·  3/26/2006, 6:51 AM
Re: Niamh when not Irish?  ·  Summer  ·  3/26/2006, 6:41 AM
Re: Niamh when not Irish?  ·  Briallen  ·  3/26/2006, 9:49 AM
Re: Niamh when not Irish?  ·  Isla  ·  3/26/2006, 9:55 AM
Re: Niamh when not Irish?  ·  Briallen  ·  3/26/2006, 1:31 PM
Re: Niamh when not Irish?  ·  Array  ·  3/26/2006, 6:33 AM