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Irish pronunciation...please help!

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mamaesi · 07/09/2011 23:01

Came across a girls name today Aislinn.

However have found some say 'ash-lyn' and some say it 'aze-lyn' (like maze)

what is the proper irish way to say this name? I am not irish so I have no clue

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suzikettles · 07/09/2011 23:03

I thought it was Ash-leen, but I'm not Irish.

Definitely Ash though, not Aze.

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seeker · 07/09/2011 23:04

Ashling. But if you don't know, neither will most other English people.

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myweeangel · 07/09/2011 23:07

Ash-leen
I am Irish! Got lots of friends called this. They'd hate it if you pronounced ais bit like aze!

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myweeangel · 07/09/2011 23:07

Also no g sound at the end, like lots of people think...

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mamaesi · 07/09/2011 23:15

isnt it different than aisling? i thought without the g at the end was a different name??

so ash-leen, like kathleen?

are you sure its not ash-linn, like bin?

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PIMSoclock · 07/09/2011 23:17

I'm Scottish and would definitely pronounce
Aze-lyn
SorryBlush

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Tyr · 07/09/2011 23:20

No, it's "Ashleen." (emphasis on first syllable) In Gaelic it has a fada (accent) over the "i" which makes an "ee" sound.
Aisling is pronounced "Ashling"

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GlaikitFizzog · 07/09/2011 23:23

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/1293547-How-is-this-Irish-name-pronounced-please-and-do-you-like-it

Thread along similar lines, think it depends of if you are north or south of the border!

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GlaikitFizzog · 07/09/2011 23:24
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mathanxiety · 08/09/2011 03:28

The double N sound ('inn') is pronounced 'ing' in Irish. So Ash-ling for both Aislinn and Aisling, and of course Ashling. There's no fada afaik.

(altogether, 'liom, leat, leis, lei, linn, libh, leo' anyone?)

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seeker · 08/09/2011 06:59

Never seen it with a fada!

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messymammy · 08/09/2011 14:25

YY to ash-ling
Though the "inn" doesn't always make a ing sound mathanxiety eg sinn
Have never seen it spelled Aislínn. DD1's middle name is Aisling

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stripeywoollenhat · 08/09/2011 14:29

definitely no fadas ime, and i seem to have met hundreds of aislings... pronounced ash ling. i grew up in munster and live in dublin - it is of course possible that up north they pronounce it differently, don't know any northern aislings...

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encyclogirl · 08/09/2011 14:32

Ash-ling defo.

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Leanbh2011 · 08/09/2011 14:53

Aislinn is pronounced ASH LIN. It's my sisters name. Not the same as Aisling which is ASH LING. Aislinn is much less common than Aisling and in my opinion much nicer!

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aislinnhufflepuff · 29/04/2020 04:03

If you spell it Aislínn then it is pronounced Ash-lynn not Ash-ling as it doesn't have a 'g' in it. I had a teacher who pronounced my name Ash-ling instead of Ash-lyn for the entire year and it got really annoying, the funny thing is the same teacher got an Aisling the next year and I bet she pronounced her name wrong too. 😂

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