[Opinions] Ceinwen... how would you pronounce it?
I saw this name recently and I really like it. Trouble is, I don't know how to pronounce it. Help please!

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Um...
If you'd asked me a year ago, I'd have said KINE-wen, the same as Ciarda has. But the pronunciation I've had confirmed by a fluent Welsh speaker is KANE-wen.
If you'd asked me a year ago, I'd have said KINE-wen, the same as Ciarda has. But the pronunciation I've had confirmed by a fluent Welsh speaker is KANE-wen.
I'd pronounce it SIGN-when. Don't know if that's correct though. :)
Nope, that's incorrect - Ciarda is right :-)
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
KIEN-wen. KIEN rhyming with the word Wine.
CIARDA"Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh
name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson." - Mark Twain
name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson." - Mark Twain
This message was edited 11/16/2005, 1:37 PM
Thank you very much :)


No problem. Our poster Mada Weird is named Ceinwen and had discussed that people are constantly mispronouncing her name, so I had to ask as well.
CIARDA"Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh
name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson." - Mark Twain
name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson." - Mark Twain