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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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WhimsicalGubbins76 · 07/01/2025 12:01

Is it made up?

Auldlang · 07/01/2025 12:00

Oh - ee

Dreamingoftheunknown · 07/01/2025 11:58

Is this an actual name from a specific language OP, or a name someone made up?

LookItsMeAgain · 07/01/2025 11:57

@PuntoEBasta - I like that! 😆

LookItsMeAgain · 07/01/2025 11:56

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 07/01/2025 10:40

That’s why I said ‘to my English eyes’ - did you not understand what I meant? Maybe I should have said ‘English-speaking…’

No, I wouldn’t say the same about a German or Italian name, since I did A level German, and having studied it for a while I do understand Italian spelling/pronunciation.
If you’d said Norwegian or Finnish, OTOH….

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We speak English in Ireland....we have the English to thank for this type of language decimation:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/jyl602/amount_of_irish_speakers_in_ireland/#lightbox

PuntoEBasta · 07/01/2025 11:56

Absolutely no idea how this is going to go down but the side discussion on this thread is reminding me of my favourite name joke:

’the incorrect pronunciation of Irish names is my pet piamh.’

Badum-tish!

squirrelnutcartel · 07/01/2025 11:53

Ee-oy

SeaShellsSanctuary180 · 07/01/2025 11:53

I'll have a consonant please Rachel.

Pumpkinseason3 · 07/01/2025 11:53

Spidey66 · 07/01/2025 09:51

That's Aoife.

This name is trying too hard. There's no consonants ffs. It sounds like a line from Old Macdonald.

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@Spidey66 I’m glad you said it 😂 that’s exactly how it sounded in my head!

Yuckyyuckyuckity · 07/01/2025 11:52

Makes me think of Phoebe from Friends screeching along to Ross playing Celebration on the bagpipes!

Aliflowers · 07/01/2025 11:51

crockofshite · 07/01/2025 11:18

you're coming across as a professional victim.

It's unrealistic to expect anyone to know how to pronounce a jumble of random letters - unless they are from the same country / region / village where the name originates.

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Far from it.

Where did I say I expect anyone to know how to pronounce a random jumble of names. Point me to it I’ll wait!

I wouldn’t expect anyone to know how to pronounce some Irish names which btw aren’t a jumble if random letters but I also didn’t like them referred to as those names. I don’t know how you infer victim status from what I perceived as a derogatory comment

trainboundfornowhere · 07/01/2025 11:51

crockofshite · 07/01/2025 11:18

you're coming across as a professional victim.

It's unrealistic to expect anyone to know how to pronounce a jumble of random letters - unless they are from the same country / region / village where the name originates.

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I take it that Marsaili, Eilidh and Mhairi are just a random collection of letters then as they too stem from a language other than English. You are coming across as ignorant.

SporadicMincePieMuncher · 07/01/2025 11:51

Damnloginpopup · 07/01/2025 09:48

By screaming.

I'm still laughing at this!

I'd assume it was "eerie" as in the word for something spooky.

Turophilic · 07/01/2025 11:50

PuntoEBasta · 07/01/2025 11:21

I've been staring at 'Eieoie' for several minutes now, trying to find a phonetically plausible relationship between those letters and that pronunciation. It can't be done, even with diacritics. Poor child.

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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

ElaborateCushion · 07/01/2025 11:49

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.

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This was my first thought too!

Seems we weren't far off.

As a PP said, it's a bit too "Old MacDonald" for me and will give the poor kid no end of grief at school.

LookItsMeAgain · 07/01/2025 11:48

Kitchenspade · 07/01/2025 09:49

Is it Irish? Efah?

No, not Irish.

Aoife has an "F" in it, fgs!!!!

Have you been to Specsavers recently???

VickyEadieofThigh · 07/01/2025 11:48

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.

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!).

OnceMoreWithAttitude · 07/01/2025 11:48

When you say 'the name Eieoie', is it actually a name?

LookItsMeAgain · 07/01/2025 11:47

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.

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Just so I understand your post @GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER - you had originally posted just a pronunciation attempt, but then you went back to edit the post and threw in a bit of negativity towards Irish names....just for the fun of it???

I would have to agree with @OchonAgusOchonOh that there is a very anti-Irish sentiment relating to names. I really don't think that the English/British (I put English first as I don't think the Scottish or Welsh are as prolific in doing this but you may find the odd one or two that are) have anything to write home about when they claim that Boatswain is actually pronounced Bo-sun, and Coxswain is pronounced Cox-sun, the parts of a Tall Boy piece of furniture that slide in and out and store clothes that are folded are drawers and not draws (as that is a verb and not a noun) and I could go on and on.

It doesn't matter that she asked whether you would make a similar joke about mispronouncing French or German names and you came back with some nonsense about Swedish or Norwegian names, the fact is that you went for the low hanging fruit here and, while you're not alone you were the first, had a go at Irish names like Caoimhe or Aoife or Tadhg.

The prejudice against the Irish is strong on this thread.

starfishmummy · 07/01/2025 11:46

Why do I want to start singing "Old MacDonald Had a Farm"? So E I E I O...

OnceMoreWithAttitude · 07/01/2025 11:46

I -oh-ee ?

Dreamingoftheunknown · 07/01/2025 11:45

crockofshite · 07/01/2025 11:18

you're coming across as a professional victim.

It's unrealistic to expect anyone to know how to pronounce a jumble of random letters - unless they are from the same country / region / village where the name originates.

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Ah seriously.
That’s worse than pp’s previous comment.
Irish names (or names from any country) are not jumbles of random letters!

Travelodge · 07/01/2025 11:44

Why would anyone sane want to saddle their poor child with a name that no-one else will ever know how to spell if they just hear it or pronounce if they just see it written? (And yes, I’ve googled it and it doesn’t seem to be a name from another language.)
If this is really happening it’s downright cruel of the parents (who presumably are thinking only of what image they hope it will project of themselves).

Tagyoureit · 07/01/2025 11:42

With donkey noises!

Sherararara · 07/01/2025 11:41

Eeyore?