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in reply to a message by তন্ময় ভট্টাচার্য্য
Interesting! Never heard of or seen the name Sycerika.
The one thing that struck me is that Irish pronunciation is different from English. And in Irish, "S" before a soft vowel like e or i usually becomes "Sh" -- Sean, Sinead, Seamus, Siobhan, etc. Not sure what Y would be in Irish, but in my mind it fits with the e or i.
So it could well be that her parents were attempting the pronunciation of "Shi-kerika".
Or if you read the "ce" is another "sh" sound, the name would be "Sherika" which would account for the announcers calling her "she-ree-ka".
If Shikha means "flame" as stated above, it could be that they made it "Sherika" based on that meaning -- and then, an elaborately long spelling to get there.
The one thing that struck me is that Irish pronunciation is different from English. And in Irish, "S" before a soft vowel like e or i usually becomes "Sh" -- Sean, Sinead, Seamus, Siobhan, etc. Not sure what Y would be in Irish, but in my mind it fits with the e or i.
So it could well be that her parents were attempting the pronunciation of "Shi-kerika".
Or if you read the "ce" is another "sh" sound, the name would be "Sherika" which would account for the announcers calling her "she-ree-ka".
If Shikha means "flame" as stated above, it could be that they made it "Sherika" based on that meaning -- and then, an elaborately long spelling to get there.
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