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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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Edenmum2 · 07/01/2025 12:22

Poor child

OchonAgusOchonOh · 07/01/2025 12:22

HugoYorway · 07/01/2025 12:12

@OchonAgusOchonOh , you didn't address the Welsh names.
Some people can't distinguish between different sounds that aren't in English, and many Welsh names have them.

I mind when people get my name 'slightly' wrong. If they read it as an English name phonetically, then it's probably tolerable. Any attempt to say it 'properly' is usually awful. I also get the wrong syllable stressed, consonant substitution or addition, and vowels transposed. Think something like Soibhan, Siobhvaun, Shivonne, Shee-vaun, Sigh-o-ban, or Catroina, Kat-ree-owna, Katrina, Kateryna etc (I'm not a Siobhan or Catriona, and my name gets much worse than those)

@crockofshite , you are rude to refer to non-standard 'English' names as 'a jumble of random letters'

I have no idea how to pronounce Welsh so would ask how to pronounce it. I would do my best and would assume the person with the name would give their preferred pronunciation if it became apparent that my mouth couldn't make the correct sounds.

I'm not a Siobhán or a Caitríona but get similar levels of mangling of my name. I also find people rarely include the fada despite it being in my email signature.

For me, making a decent effort is enough but I understand everyone is different.

SiobhanSharpe · 07/01/2025 12:20

Many people have mispronounced or misspelled my name. I give no fucks.
(I try not to be too precious. )
And it's not Siobhan.

Endofyear · 07/01/2025 12:19

No idea!

3luckystars · 07/01/2025 12:18

Desperate

LouisvilleSlugger · 07/01/2025 12:17

Damnloginpopup · 07/01/2025 09:48

By screaming.

😂

PuntoEBasta · 07/01/2025 12:17

Turophilic · 07/01/2025 11:50

I think it can - Greek convention maybe?Where the second vowel is pronounced. Like Oestrogen (Eest-roh-jen) or Aegean (Ee-jee-ann)

ei= Eye
eo= Oh
ie= Ee

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I see what you mean but I can't make it work. œ and æ are romanised ligatures to represent diphthongs from Greek loan words, which doesn't apply to 'eo'.

@eastereggg, if it's not too late and they haven't yet registered the birth, are you close enough to the parents to say something? Iona, Oenone (ee-no-nee) or even Iolanthe might be close enough to give a similarly vowelly sound in established names.

GeminiGiggles · 07/01/2025 12:17

Oi you. Like everyone whose name I can't remember 😳

SiobhanSharpe · 07/01/2025 12:15

So much self-righteousness on an obviously less than serious thread.

Crazybaby123 · 07/01/2025 12:15

Ay Oh Eee

thatb · 07/01/2025 12:15

eastereggg · 07/01/2025 09:47

How would you pronounce the 'name' Eieoie?

Ee-Oh-Ee?

HugoYorway · 07/01/2025 12:14

@UnemployedNotRetired , something can't be 'more unique' Smile

HugoYorway · 07/01/2025 12:12

@OchonAgusOchonOh , you didn't address the Welsh names.
Some people can't distinguish between different sounds that aren't in English, and many Welsh names have them.

I mind when people get my name 'slightly' wrong. If they read it as an English name phonetically, then it's probably tolerable. Any attempt to say it 'properly' is usually awful. I also get the wrong syllable stressed, consonant substitution or addition, and vowels transposed. Think something like Soibhan, Siobhvaun, Shivonne, Shee-vaun, Sigh-o-ban, or Catroina, Kat-ree-owna, Katrina, Kateryna etc (I'm not a Siobhan or Catriona, and my name gets much worse than those)

@crockofshite , you are rude to refer to non-standard 'English' names as 'a jumble of random letters'

BarbaraHoward · 07/01/2025 12:09

VickyEadieofThigh · 07/01/2025 11:48

Folds 66 year old arms I went to primary school in 1963. Not a single name in my class was difficult to pronounce. These days it must be a feckin' nightmare for teachers (and I used to be one!).

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Yes, classrooms are more diverse these days. How horrifying.

OchonAgusOchonOh · 07/01/2025 12:09

BarbaraHoward · 07/01/2025 12:08

Now, now, that's not fair. The boys' names are usually ridiculed as "naughty boy names" rather than being unpronounceable. Wink

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True.

BarbaraHoward · 07/01/2025 12:08

OchonAgusOchonOh · 07/01/2025 10:47

I understood exactly what you meant.

For some reason Irish names get ridiculed on MN for being "unpronounceable" to the English, predominantly monoglot, ears/eyes.

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Now, now, that's not fair. The boys' names are usually ridiculed as "naughty boy names" rather than being unpronounceable. Wink

SiobhanSharpe · 07/01/2025 12:08

OTannenbaumOTannenbaum · 07/01/2025 10:43

Old McDonald had a farm...

The poor kid would be asked daily how things were down on the farm and do they still have pigs. (With accompanying animal noises.)

UnemployedNotRetired · 07/01/2025 12:05

OK, but reddit/twitter were here a year ago.

EIEOIE : r/tragedeigh

Tragedeigh = a given name that has been deliberately misspelled or completely made up to appear more unique than it actually is.

gtx1797h · 07/01/2025 12:05

Howling at these 😆

RaraRachael · 07/01/2025 12:05

E I E I O 😅

Sorry but I can't fathom any way that that selection of letters would be pronouncable

Rosybud88 · 07/01/2025 12:05

I just read it as Luke Littler’s walk on song tbh.

SoNiceToComeHomeTo · 07/01/2025 12:04

I'd have to ask how to pronounce it, and would not necessarily remember unless I came across the name a lot. A very confusing choice for a new baby.

Vehxxed · 07/01/2025 12:03

You- eye

ShinyPebble32 · 07/01/2025 12:02

I wouldn’t even attempt it! Please don’t give your kid a complicated name, it will cause them problems.