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[Opinions] Faolan
How would you pronounce this name the proper Irish way? If different, how would you pronounce it?I have a 3 month old husky puppy that I gave this name because btn says it means "little wolf" and we pronounce it "fay-oh-lahn" which I bet is not the correct Irish pronunciation, hahah. Here is the pup:

This message was edited 8/30/2011, 9:15 AM

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That puppy is adorable! I don't care what the true pronunciation is. I like your pronunciation best of all. :)
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Aww, what a pretty puppy!I'm pretty sure the Irish pronunciation of Faolan is Fwail - ahn; I looked it up some time ago. The Fw sound makes it sound like three syllables to me.I'd say you're close enough!
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Fee-lahnFaelan is fail-un and means the same thing but is more anglicised.
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Yes, close enough! I don't plan on changing how we pronounce it as we're not Irish, I am just curious about the actual Irish pronunciation. :P
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Here's a Forvo audio link (it's really soft, so you might have to crank up the volume a bit): http://www.forvo.com/word/faol%C3%A1n/
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I think it's fee-lun. What a totally gorgeous pup!
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My first thought of how to pronounce it was Fal-un, but i'm guessing thats not the correcty spelling. Fee-lan maybe
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