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Help[Opinions] Re: How would you pronounce this?
in reply to a message by Ylva
I have to 'translate' the name in my head, from Nee-am to Neev. Same goes for other Gaelic names like Caoimhe, Aoife, Roisin, Saoirse etc.
This message was edited 3/14/2006, 8:17 AM
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Yes, me too, and the obvious reason is
that spoken Gaelic bears no resemblance to the spoken English with which it largely shares a written alphabet. Much like Navajo, for example, or many other native languages throughout the Americas. And we in the Americas do not expect people in the UK to know how to pronounce them. Yes, Gaelic-origin names are becoming quite popular here, but I would lay money on Kaitlin and Brendan being HUNDREDS of TIMES more common than Niamh in the US. I would ask those individuals who chastised Eden for her question to let me know when Navajo and Cree names become familiar in Aberdeen and Dublin.
that spoken Gaelic bears no resemblance to the spoken English with which it largely shares a written alphabet. Much like Navajo, for example, or many other native languages throughout the Americas. And we in the Americas do not expect people in the UK to know how to pronounce them. Yes, Gaelic-origin names are becoming quite popular here, but I would lay money on Kaitlin and Brendan being HUNDREDS of TIMES more common than Niamh in the US. I would ask those individuals who chastised Eden for her question to let me know when Navajo and Cree names become familiar in Aberdeen and Dublin.
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Correction: little_kit, sorry
posted the original question; my bad.
posted the original question; my bad.
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