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Mairtín pronunciation question
I looked up the pronunciation of Mairtín (the Irish form of Martin) on Name Nerds, and it said it was pronounced MAR-steen. I know that Irish is quite different from English, but I'm still confused as to why the S sound would be there. Could it just be a typo?

Miranda
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Mairtín pronunciation question  ·  Miranda  ·  3/2/2005, 1:21 PM
Re: Mairtín pronunciation question  ·  Elinor  ·  3/3/2005, 2:38 AM
OK. Thanks. :-) nt  ·  Miranda  ·  3/3/2005, 7:56 AM