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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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Motherbear44 · 07/01/2025 10:47

Kitchenspade · 07/01/2025 09:51

Well I googled It! I E O

Proof that Google is not always right. It has to have an we sound at the end like Melodie.

But a heck of a burden for a child.

OchonAgusOchonOh · 07/01/2025 10:47

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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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.

Gowlett · 07/01/2025 10:46

Yo! Bum Rush the Show

AnonymousBleep · 07/01/2025 10:44

Earwig

OTannenbaumOTannenbaum · 07/01/2025 10:43

Old McDonald had a farm...

IAmNeverThePerson · 07/01/2025 10:42

E eye oh ee

OchonAgusOchonOh · 07/01/2025 10:42

Dreamingoftheunknown · 07/01/2025 10:40

It’s not Irish.
Irish names are phonetic in the Irish language but difficult if you don’t speak it. Can’t think of any that don’t have consonants though.

I really wouldn’t know how to pronounce Eieoie, but I’d ask.

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It is no more difficult than any other language if you don't speak it...

Ottersmith · 07/01/2025 10:42

Ee-yeah-rie

ABigBarofChocolate · 07/01/2025 10:42

I'd pronounce it eh-o-way

Choccyscofffy · 07/01/2025 10:42

Owie. Like my little niece used to say ‘I did an owie’

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 07/01/2025 10:40

OchonAgusOchonOh · 07/01/2025 10:01

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?

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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….

Dreamingoftheunknown · 07/01/2025 10:40

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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It’s not Irish.
Irish names are phonetic in the Irish language but difficult if you don’t speak it. Can’t think of any that don’t have consonants though.

I really wouldn’t know how to pronounce Eieoie, but I’d ask.

PizzaPowder · 07/01/2025 10:34

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · 07/01/2025 09:53

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

First thing that came to my mind too!

Rinkytoo · 07/01/2025 10:33

Vowelie (vowel-y)

Mansionscoldandgrey · 07/01/2025 10:32

Jimberly

poppymango · 07/01/2025 10:31

Is this actually a real name? Any child lumbered with this would face a lifetime of Old MacDonald jokes, I'm afraid.

NoahsTortoise · 07/01/2025 10:30

Ee-oh-ee

?!

Fluffyholeysocks · 07/01/2025 10:30

Consonant please Carol 😀

JustMyView13 · 07/01/2025 10:30

I’d butcher that.
I’d have to ask the person. Or hope the surname is Smith. Mr/Ms Smith.

theelectricnorth · 07/01/2025 10:30

Ee-I-wah

amoreoamicizia · 07/01/2025 10:28

Ey-wa- "Eie" = ey and "oie" as in the French (using "wa" as a crude approximation of the "oie" sound in "Savoie" etc.).

Oreyt · 07/01/2025 10:27

Unless you live in the country it originated I wouldn't bother.

Seeingadistance · 07/01/2025 10:24

notprincehamlet · 07/01/2025 09:54

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

This!

snowmichael · 07/01/2025 10:23

Ay Oy Ee

Or Old MacDonald

bigkidatheart · 07/01/2025 10:23

I Wouldn't even attempt it, I would call them 'Miss Eastereggg'