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Help[Opinions] Names you have pronounced incorrectly
I used to think Sorcha was really lovely, because I thought it was pronounced SORE-chuh. Alas, then I read that it's actually SORE-uh-kah, which makes me think of the Swedish word for voles (sorkar; it also means "young boys" in modern Gutnish, spoken on the island of Gotland).
I liked Remedios, because I thought it was re-me-DEE-os, but then I learned that it's really re-MEH-dee-ohs, which makes me think of mass media.
I liked Saoirse because I thought it was pronounced SHORE-sah, but then I learned that it's really SEER-sha, which I don't like very much.
Other names I used to pronounce incorrectly (I don't even know if incorrectly is the right word to use here, lol!):
Imogen - EYE-mo-ghen? ee-MOO-ghen? Emotion? immo-JEEN? It took me years before I understood it's pronounced IM-mo-jen
Siobhan - I pronounced it SOW-un instead of shi-VAUN
Niamh - nee-UHM or nevee. But it's neev or NEE-uhv, right?
I liked Remedios, because I thought it was re-me-DEE-os, but then I learned that it's really re-MEH-dee-ohs, which makes me think of mass media.
I liked Saoirse because I thought it was pronounced SHORE-sah, but then I learned that it's really SEER-sha, which I don't like very much.
Other names I used to pronounce incorrectly (I don't even know if incorrectly is the right word to use here, lol!):
Imogen - EYE-mo-ghen? ee-MOO-ghen? Emotion? immo-JEEN? It took me years before I understood it's pronounced IM-mo-jen
Siobhan - I pronounced it SOW-un instead of shi-VAUN
Niamh - nee-UHM or nevee. But it's neev or NEE-uhv, right?
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