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Sorcha... pronunciations?

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pinkytheshrinky · 11/09/2011 06:45

I know that for the most part this name is pronounced Sor-kha but I met a nice older lady years ago who was a Sor-sha - I do really like this name and it is top of the list for my new dc. What do you think?

I do also have two other dds with Irish names who's spellings have been Anglicised so I do have form for this....

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pinkytheshrinky · 18/09/2011 11:55

So how should it be pronounced?

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lettinggo · 18/09/2011 11:52

Now Caitlin REALLY bothers me! The first time I heard it was in the US in 1988 and an American couple had a little girl adopted from Korea and told me she had an Irish name, which to my ear sounded like Kate-Lynn. I said "Oh, I haven't heard that name before" and then they spelled it Caitlin.

But now this horror has come to Ireland and uneducated IRISH people who should bloody know better are calling their children this and pronouncing it Kate- Lynn. Awful awful awful.

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pinkytheshrinky · 18/09/2011 11:51

How should it be said? All the caitlins I know are pronounced Kate Lin

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pinkytheshrinky · 18/09/2011 11:50

I know a girl in Holland called Aoife ponounced A-fa too

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RitaMorgan · 18/09/2011 11:50

Nothing wrong with it, just that it is usually pronounced Kate-lin in England/America now.

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pinkytheshrinky · 18/09/2011 11:47

We know a few Caitlins, what is wrong with Caitlin?

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pinkytheshrinky · 18/09/2011 11:46

IT IS SCOTTISH EVERYONE - JUST TO REMIND YOU ALL

Grin

and don't mind Noel Gallagher just not enough to name my child the same

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RitaMorgan · 18/09/2011 11:44

Sort of like Caitlin I suppose?

lettinggo · 18/09/2011 11:39

I think that's the OP's argument though, isn't it? That she's just anglicising the name Sorcha.
still doesn't make it right though becuase she knows better now

RitaMorgan · 18/09/2011 11:29

I think Jen-e-veev has become quite a standard anglicised pronunciation now though, in the same way as Charles/Sharl.

lettinggo · 18/09/2011 11:28

Noel Gallagher is playing here in Dublin soon in the Olympia and it's sold out. It is a small venue, admittedly, but there are still lots of fans out there...

lettinggo · 18/09/2011 11:26

I have a French neighbour. Her next door neighbour has a grown up daughter called Genevieve, pronounced jen-e-veeve. I admit that until I spoke to my French neighbour, it never occured to me that it was wrong even though I did Leaving Cert Honours French. My French neighbour winces at the pronunciation every time her neighbour talks about her daughter.

I went to school with a girl called Aoife but it was pronounced A-fa (instead of E-fa which is the correct pronunciation), I remember knowing it was wrong and hearing her telling people "my mam just likes it that way".

I think you'll get away with it in the UK but your dd will always have to explain her name.

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pinkytheshrinky · 18/09/2011 11:15

I always wonder if people have read Anais Nin when they use that name. I think more likely the perfume and they think it sounds sophisticated or something.

And imagine being such a big fan of Noel Gallagher you named your kid the same? Now that is improbable.

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cjbk1 · 18/09/2011 11:10

I knew you'd be here 'shecutofftheirtails' u know what?ur right about people's offensive attitudes to Irish culture but your going about it in the wrong way

RitaMorgan · 18/09/2011 11:09

I assume the parents are Anais Nin fans. Or Noel Gallagher fans.

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pinkytheshrinky · 18/09/2011 11:07

Yes there is one in my older dd's class - and she is a fucking little monster too

Is this pronunciations because of the perfume anais anais? Is it really like calling a kid Chanel?

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RitaMorgan · 18/09/2011 11:02

I had an Anais in my nursery class pronounced "Annay" Grin Now that really is awful!

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pinkytheshrinky · 18/09/2011 10:50

And actually my dd's have Irish first names English middle names (I think) and Russian sounding surnames although their Father was Argentine.....

All very complex

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pinkytheshrinky · 18/09/2011 10:48

nah, don't like it spelled sorsha, just going to do as I please and use the Scottish pronunciation

(and wasn't aware one needed a corresponding relative to use a name from a certain language)

I need a Latin one too - shite!

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Maryz · 18/09/2011 10:46

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pinkytheshrinky · 18/09/2011 10:41

But the Father of the Irish named girls is Argentine... looks like I have some explaining to do eh?

SheCutOffTheirTails - stop being a arse and have a Biscuit

p.s gak is slang for drugs so probably not the word you were looking for, perhaps you meant gash? pronounced ga-sh?

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SheCutOffTheirTails · 18/09/2011 10:37

Sorsha is a totally gak name anyway.

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SheCutOffTheirTails · 18/09/2011 10:36

Don't tell them it is "Scottish Gaelic", just tell them it is "Gaelic" (and pronounce it properly too.

Or, you know, keep going with your offensive attitude to other cultures and languages.

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pinkytheshrinky · 18/09/2011 10:34

SheCutOffTheirTails - it is Scottish, dismount the High Horse please! Grin

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