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Hi!
I recently encountered the name Cillian and I immediately started pronouncing it as Sillian because of the C and the I but my sister told me it was pronounced like Killian, so I looked it up and A LOT of people were saying it was like Killian and I thought I was pronouncing it wrong. Does Cillian have 2 pronunciations or am I just wrong? How do you pronounce it?
Thank you!
I recently encountered the name Cillian and I immediately started pronouncing it as Sillian because of the C and the I but my sister told me it was pronounced like Killian, so I looked it up and A LOT of people were saying it was like Killian and I thought I was pronouncing it wrong. Does Cillian have 2 pronunciations or am I just wrong? How do you pronounce it?
Thank you!
This message was edited 1/31/2022, 10:08 AM
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Cillian is Irish and goes by completely different pronunciation rules. Like... completely different. Same thing with the word Celtic - it's pronounced Keltic - except the sports team says Seltic but they are using the wrong pronunciation
Browse some of the other Irish names and their pronunciations to get a feel for some of the differences in pronunciation rules
https://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/irish
Browse some of the other Irish names and their pronunciations to get a feel for some of the differences in pronunciation rules
https://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/irish
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thank you, now I know:)
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You're wrong. It's pronounced like Killian.
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It’s pronounced like Killian.
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Thank you, just making sure:)
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Hard C, like “kill”.
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Usually the C and the I make the S sound, but that's ok too
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