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Help[Opinions] Re: Oisín
in reply to a message by Sephie
I love Oisin as well. It seems so strong, and yet delicate at the same time. I feel it's very underused in America. Which is to bad because I'd take it over Ryan, Brian, or Conor any day. I could never bring myself to change the spelling, Osheen just looks unnatural and changes the entire feel from Celtic to last name. Ossian looks nice, but I wouldn't think to pronounce it OH-sheen.
ETA:
I just read through the other comments about pronunciation. I knew an Oisin growing up, and yes he was originally from Ireland, but when he moved to the states he didn't have as many problems as one would think. There were teachers who would call him OY-shin, but he only would ever have to correct them once. That may be partially because people are used to certain Celtic names here, but I also think it isn't as hard to say or understand as people are making it. Or maybe I am just used to it (I know a Roisin too, :/ )
ETA:
I just read through the other comments about pronunciation. I knew an Oisin growing up, and yes he was originally from Ireland, but when he moved to the states he didn't have as many problems as one would think. There were teachers who would call him OY-shin, but he only would ever have to correct them once. That may be partially because people are used to certain Celtic names here, but I also think it isn't as hard to say or understand as people are making it. Or maybe I am just used to it (I know a Roisin too, :/ )
This message was edited 12/8/2010, 6:51 AM
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