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How are you supposed to pronounce 'GRAINNE'?

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yorkshirepudding · 02/05/2008 14:58

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flowerybeanbag · 02/05/2008 14:59

gron-yuh I think

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hatrick · 02/05/2008 14:59

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cocolepew · 02/05/2008 14:59

gran-ya

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CountessDracula · 02/05/2008 15:00

gron -yuh I reckon too

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yorkshirepudding · 02/05/2008 15:00

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SheikYerbouti · 02/05/2008 15:02

Gron yuh

I have a cousin with the same name

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MrsMills · 02/05/2008 15:02

gran-ya, my mates name.

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fiodyl · 02/05/2008 15:03

Person I knew with that name said it Gronyer

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2Happy · 02/05/2008 15:03

Gron-ya - we had a next-door neighbour who's dd was called it (so I kind of hope we were pronouncing it right!!)

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flowerybeanbag · 02/05/2008 15:04

Don't ring and ask for 'grainy' whatever you do!

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SheikYerbouti · 02/05/2008 15:04

All of these suggestions are v similar - yu won;t go far wrong with any of them tbh

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yorkshirepudding · 02/05/2008 15:07

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yorkshirepudding · 02/05/2008 15:51

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kavanaghdj · 18/10/2012 15:37

Best way for non Irish people to remember how to say this is its like Sonia with a G .

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yellowbottle · 18/10/2012 15:45

It's more like grawnia than Sonia. The is a fada (like an accent) on the a.

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