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Help[Opinions] Re: Shelagh
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I'm pretty sure Síle is the Irish version, but I could be wrong. My knowledge of Celtic names is rather new.
To be honest it looks like an "Irish influenced" spelling. Like someone wanted the name to look more Irish.
I think that is trendy over there. like Éimhear vs Emer. Both technically correct, but Éimhear the more modern look-at-me-I'm-Irish version. Which I don't mean in an insulting way at all.
As for the name. I just don't like Sheila. You'd think I would for the simple sound and vowel-heavy look, but I don't. I knew a poisonous Sheila and my opinion is skewed. Sheela and Susheela I still love. The similar Hindu names.
To be honest it looks like an "Irish influenced" spelling. Like someone wanted the name to look more Irish.
I think that is trendy over there. like Éimhear vs Emer. Both technically correct, but Éimhear the more modern look-at-me-I'm-Irish version. Which I don't mean in an insulting way at all.
As for the name. I just don't like Sheila. You'd think I would for the simple sound and vowel-heavy look, but I don't. I knew a poisonous Sheila and my opinion is skewed. Sheela and Susheela I still love. The similar Hindu names.
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The woman that has this name is Irish, accent and all, so I'm confused about whether it is an actual Irish name. She introduced herself as "I'm Shelagh, but, not spelled how it sounds."
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My take (as a non-Irish person) is that Shelagh is a more Irish-looking Anglicization of Síle, like Darragh vs. Dáire.
To answer the original post, I have only seen Sheila spelled as Shelagh on the character in the show Call the Midwife. I think it looks much more appealing than Síle. I dislike the name Sheila in the first place, though, but would say it's my favorite spelling.
To answer the original post, I have only seen Sheila spelled as Shelagh on the character in the show Call the Midwife. I think it looks much more appealing than Síle. I dislike the name Sheila in the first place, though, but would say it's my favorite spelling.
This message was edited 4/30/2015, 3:12 PM
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I don't like the name either. She said that the spelling was Irish but I want to get opinions on that.
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