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Help[Opinions] I find that extremely offensive
in reply to a message by blaaarg
FAUX Irish names are trendy - ala Aiden (spelt like this) and Aidan (anglicised), Ryan, Carson etc. And by the way, I can find 4 Irish names in the top 100. FOUR. I would say Hebrew names are far more overly trendy than Irish names thank you very much.
And why the hell are they pretentious? I am Irish, and I would bet a lot of money that most people who name their child Lorccan or Aodh are Irish or have some Irish heritage they would like to honour. Why is a sibset of Lorccan, Niamh and Siobhan any more pretentious than a sibset of Asher, Job and Ezekiel? Or Amir, Safiya and Zahid? Or Pierre, Marcelline and Blaise? Or Alena, Felicie and Hartmut.
Give me a break. There is NO difference.
A name not making phonetic sense to you being a reason to hate them is narrow minded and ridiculous IMO.
Finally there is something particularly special about them. That is obvious by the fact that people use them. They are special to millions of Americans and Australians who have Irish heritage. They are special to the millions of Irish people, those that live in Ireland and expats around the world. They represent our history, they represent the triumph of maintaining our culture despite 800 years of English invasion and occupation where they tried to make our language, stories and culture extinct. They represent our Freedom in 1922, they represent the myths and the Celtic religion of the past, our folklore, the Irish saints.
The names represent so much
So don't make such sweeping generalisations about a culture you obviously don't understand.
And why the hell are they pretentious? I am Irish, and I would bet a lot of money that most people who name their child Lorccan or Aodh are Irish or have some Irish heritage they would like to honour. Why is a sibset of Lorccan, Niamh and Siobhan any more pretentious than a sibset of Asher, Job and Ezekiel? Or Amir, Safiya and Zahid? Or Pierre, Marcelline and Blaise? Or Alena, Felicie and Hartmut.
Give me a break. There is NO difference.
A name not making phonetic sense to you being a reason to hate them is narrow minded and ridiculous IMO.
Finally there is something particularly special about them. That is obvious by the fact that people use them. They are special to millions of Americans and Australians who have Irish heritage. They are special to the millions of Irish people, those that live in Ireland and expats around the world. They represent our history, they represent the triumph of maintaining our culture despite 800 years of English invasion and occupation where they tried to make our language, stories and culture extinct. They represent our Freedom in 1922, they represent the myths and the Celtic religion of the past, our folklore, the Irish saints.
The names represent so much
So don't make such sweeping generalisations about a culture you obviously don't understand.
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