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To think no one would pronounce this name right

286 replies

eastereggg · 07/01/2025 09:47

How would you pronounce the 'name' Eieoie?

OP posts:
SpringleDingle · 07/01/2025 10:10

Ey-o-ee?

Saschka · 07/01/2025 10:10

I don’t like the threads where people take the piss out of various “unpronounceable” foreign names and/or variant spellings, but I do not believe that is an actual name that any child has ever been given.

It is either Old MacDonald, or a bad Scrabble hand.

SemperIdem · 07/01/2025 10:09

Yes, you are correct.

randoname · 07/01/2025 10:07

Bob

musicforthesoul · 07/01/2025 10:07

Ee-oh-ee?

Would be a complete guess.

PreferMyAnimals · 07/01/2025 10:02

Eye-oh-ee. After some thought. I admit my first instinct was no idea followed by thoughts about Old MacDonald e i e i o. That's a thought I'd keep to myself if I met a person with that name though. If I were a teacher I'd ask to make sure I got it right.

OchonAgusOchonOh · 07/01/2025 10:01

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 07/01/2025 09:51

Ee-oh-ee.
But perhaps it’s one of those Irish names whose pronunciation (to my English eyes anyway) bears no relation to how it’s spelt.

Edited

Irish names are, for the most part, spelt pretty phonetically. As with all other languages, Irish phonetics are not the same as English phonetics so I have no idea why you would expect Irish words or names to be pronounced according to English phonetics. Would you say the same for an Italian or German word/name?

SleepingStandingUp · 07/01/2025 09:58

I wouldn't without asking, wouldn't even try.

Onlyvisiting · 07/01/2025 09:58

Ay oh we

Thegoatliesdownonbroadway · 07/01/2025 09:57

IOU

ploppiness · 07/01/2025 09:56

Eye ee o ee

HowdyDoody2025 · 07/01/2025 09:54

"Gareth"

notprincehamlet · 07/01/2025 09:54

Old McDonald had a farm E-I-E-O-I-E

Whydoeseveryonewanttoargue · 07/01/2025 09:54

Seriously I am genuinely asking. OP is this a real name or have you made one up?

Either way that kind is in for a lifetime of mispronunciation, confusion on spelling and ridicule.

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · 07/01/2025 09:53

You know that kid will have the nickname “Old McDonald” by the end of the first day.

IncidentallyAndAccidentally · 07/01/2025 09:53

Old Macdonald had a farm.

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 07/01/2025 09:52

Like Yo-ee?

Which sounds horrible to my ears.

moonshinepoursthroughmywindow · 07/01/2025 09:52

I'd guess Ay-oh-ee, but I think it would be a difficult name to live with.

ForgottenPasswordNewAccount · 07/01/2025 09:51

e -o - e

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 07/01/2025 09:51

Ee-oh-ee.
But perhaps it’s one of those Irish names whose pronunciation (to my English eyes anyway) bears no relation to how it’s spelt.

Dandylione · 07/01/2025 09:51

https://www.reddit.com/r/tragedeigh/s/XPHBEEcY6b

Duvetdays12 · 07/01/2025 09:51

eastereggg · 07/01/2025 09:47

How would you pronounce the 'name' Eieoie?

Eee-oh is how I would.

zzplea · 07/01/2025 09:51

E O E

Kitchenspade · 07/01/2025 09:51

Well I googled It! I E O

Berlinlover · 07/01/2025 09:51

Kitchenspade · 07/01/2025 09:49

Is it Irish? Efah?

It’s definitely not Irish. I’ve no idea how to pronounce it.