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Re: How do you pronounce the name "Senan"?

by penguiny7

7/5/2008, 8:55 AM

Seanán is pronounced SHAW-nawn. Are you meaning to use Senan or Senán? Because Senan is the Anglicised version, so I'm not sure how that would be pronounced since it would be English. My guess is that Senán would be pronounced SHEH-nawn.

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- Speranza +1

7/5/2008, 9:38 AM

Actually, Seanán is more like Shan-AWN. This is because Sean is said as Shan. With the Shan-AWN pronunciation you can see how Shannon comes from Seanán.

Senan or Senán would not be Shan-an or Shan-awn or because "Sen" is said differently to "Sean".

Senan would be Sen-AN and Senán would be Sen-AWN. It's usually spelt Senan though(no fada) and pronounced accordingly.

- penguiny7

7/5/2008, 6:47 PM

Noted. My sources were incorrect then. The intermet has that problem... I knew Shannon came from Seanán though, as that is my name. :)

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