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To think no one would pronounce this name right

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eastereggg · 07/01/2025 09:47

How would you pronounce the 'name' Eieoie?

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Dreamingoftheunknown · 08/01/2025 20:50

FozzieP · 08/01/2025 20:47

Ask an Irishman?

As has been said many times at this stage, it’s not an Irish name. So that wouldn’t do much good, would it?

FozzieP · 08/01/2025 20:47

Ask an Irishman?

YellowGuido · 08/01/2025 19:32

Ee wee

Deered · 08/01/2025 19:30

Owen

gettingolderbutcooler · 08/01/2025 19:30

Sing it as it looks, followed by 'A wim away, a wim away'.

CluelessAsFuck · 08/01/2025 19:24

Like a donkey?

suzysnowball · 08/01/2025 19:19

Definitely Old MacDonald EIEIO
He's gonna be nicknamed Macca

WidgetDigit2022 · 08/01/2025 19:14

Ridiculous. Do they think they’re Elon Musk?

I 1) wouldn’t attempt it and 2) would never remember it. She’d be forever referred to as ‘they/she’

CauliflowerBalti · 08/01/2025 19:12

Ee-wee at first glance.

A proper look - I wouldn't even attempt it.

PetuniaT · 08/01/2025 19:12

IncidentallyAndAccidentally · 07/01/2025 09:53

Old Macdonald had a farm.

😂you beat me to it👏

fairytailcat · 08/01/2025 18:13

Poor kid

Squadrona · 07/01/2025 15:10

ManchesterLu · 07/01/2025 13:21

It's probably "Samantha" or something, knowing Irish names.

Are you this ignorant on the world at large, or is it just Irish orthography?

HugoYorway · 07/01/2025 14:55

StormingNorman · 07/01/2025 14:50

Where does the name come from?

Reddit

Jackiepumpkinhead · 07/01/2025 14:52

I wouldn’t even bother trying to pronounce it.

StormingNorman · 07/01/2025 14:50

Where does the name come from?

HopeForTheBest · 07/01/2025 14:40

I pronounced it right, and actually I quite like it the more I say it out loud.
(Although sitting here saying EYE-OH-EE repeatedly is making my dog give me wierd looks)

Squadrona · 07/01/2025 14:33

OchonAgusOchonOh · 07/01/2025 14:13

What makes you think it's an Irish name? We do have consonants in Irish and use them. I can't think of any word or name that consists of only vowels.

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I think that’s some Little Englander’s idea of a hilarious jape.🙄

LookItsMeAgain · 07/01/2025 14:32

ManchesterLu · 07/01/2025 13:21

It's probably "Samantha" or something, knowing Irish names.

FFS!!!!

IT'S NOT AN IRISH NAME!!!

BrokenHipster · 07/01/2025 14:29

Hellskitchen24 · 07/01/2025 14:08

I wouldn’t even attempt it. And I’m quite familiar with a lot of the Irish names, but I’ve never heard of that one.

Really weird assumption. Od course it's not an Irish name. It's not a name at all.

CautiousLurker01 · 07/01/2025 14:29

E I E I O.. and with a quack quack here…

Whydoeseveryonewanttoargue · 07/01/2025 14:24

Sapienza · 07/01/2025 12:34

This chart below shows zero occurrences of the name Eieoie in England & Wales every year from 1996 to 2023 based on ONS data. The ONS doesn't record names that are given to less than two babies in a year.

Eieoie - ONS

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Thanks! So made up name. Ludicrous.

BlueSky2023 · 07/01/2025 14:23

eastereggg · 07/01/2025 11:15

I O E

Ey-oh-we

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Never heard of it, but it’s nice, what nationality is it?
You do have to think a bit before pronouncing it which could possibly lead to awkward situations, can you not spell it Eyeoie

Penguinfeet24 · 07/01/2025 14:21

Ehoh. Like the teletubbies!

HugoYorway · 07/01/2025 14:21

@TonTonMacoute , but don't they say Heather as Ezzer?

BlueSky2023 · 07/01/2025 14:20

eastereggg · 07/01/2025 09:47

How would you pronounce the 'name' Eieoie?

EOE