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[Opinions] Re: Irish Names...

by Sabrina Fair (rainbowstars)

12/6/2006, 1:03 AM

in reply to a message by living_in_narnia

Hmm I adore these a lot. Ones marked * i adore

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Béibhinn ******
(BAY-vin)

Caoimhe
(KEE-va)

Niamh
(NEEV)

Saoirse
(SEER-sha)

Siobhan ****
(shi-VAWN)

"a boy's best friend is his mother" - Norman Bates in Psycho

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- bagulec (guest) +2

12/6/2006, 11:43 AM

I love Saoirse but spelled Seersha

I really love the name but just bear in mind that SOooooo many people will have problems with spelling this name and simply learning to say it!!!

I was looking aqfter a girl called Seersha and ... many time it was tiring teaching others and...thay were forgeting so quickly and called my littel angel just 'little girl' :-/

- Link +1

12/6/2006, 4:59 PM

I really dislike Anglesized Irish names.
Saoirse means "freedom". Something close to the heart and in the forfront of the minds of many of the Irish.
Seersha "means" nothing. Except perhaps that the parents believe that Americans (or whoever) are not intelligent enough to learn something new.
Remember-
Stephen, Juan, Marcello, Sean etc. were confusing at one point, but people got used to them.
Give people a chance to learn, rather than "dumbing" the name down, and stripping it of its original meaning and history.

Editted: I omitted a word by accident

This message was edited 12/7/2006, 8:49 AM

- living_in_narnia

12/6/2006, 10:33 PM

Yeah, I agree with you. I like the original spellings better. They're so much more fascinating to me.

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