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[Opinions] How do you pronounce Maighread? (nt)

by Jacks (Schuyler)

9/12/2005, 8:49 AM

Maighread

Jacks

#pronunciation

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- carrie ann (guest)

9/12/2005, 6:25 PM

my daughter is Grace Maighread.....

we pronounce her name mah-RAID

take care
Carrie Ann

- Isla +2

9/12/2005, 10:40 AM

I'm not positive, but I believe it's like Mairead. So it pretty much rhymes with parade, mah-RADE.

~Heather~

- Bear (guest) +1

9/12/2005, 10:49 AM

Correct.

Correct. The "h" renders the "g" silent in Irish. In the 1920's, after winning independence, the Irish Free State tried to bring back Irish as a spoken tongue. To help, they "cleaned up" some of the more daunting aspects of Irish spelling. Thus Maighread became Mairead, both pronounced "ma-RADE."

(My source of information is my Irish mother, taught Gaelic in school growing up.)

- Jacks (Schuyler)

9/12/2005, 11:52 AM

Thanks to both of you :D

Jacks

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