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Ruairidh or Rory

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smiler389 · 04/04/2013 17:29

Pronounced the same....roar ree
hubby is a Scot, live in England.

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starfishmummy · 22/05/2013 20:51

I like the gaelic spelling, in fact I would have liked it for ds, but dh didn't like it and ds has a very different name.
But I think you have to be prepared for people not knowing how to pronounce oe spell it.

voucherprocon · 22/05/2013 20:26

Ruairidh. Sounds like Brewery but with out the B. Much nicer sound than Rory

DinoSnores · 22/05/2013 12:08

I was going to tell you about the pronunciation as well but have been beaten to it. Ruairidh is more said "Roo-uh(almost a half syllable)-ree" rather than "Roh-ray". I like the Gaelic spelling, but it will make life challenging!

williaminajetfighter · 21/05/2013 21:12

Rory. I spent 10 years in Scotland and got so bored with everyone giving their children very traditional names. Not that the names weren't lovely, it just got a bit predictable. Ruaridh was one of the most popular.

olivertheoctopus · 21/05/2013 21:06

If you're in England then Rory or it will be a nightmare.

EarlGreyTeabag · 21/05/2013 17:46

Rory here too - I have one Smile & I love the name. Still suits him 16 years later.

ipswitch · 21/05/2013 17:38

Rory.

MrsGazza · 21/05/2013 17:27

Hi smiler, just noticed this thread and wanted to comment.

I'm due in 9 days and if we have a boy we are going for Rory Michael.
Hubby is English, I'm Welsh but we live in Scotland. Love the name so much. I had always thought they would be pronounced the same but obviously not-Rory is still our option and felt our non Scottish friends and family would cope better with this spelling.

Good luck!

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smiler389 · 05/04/2013 12:26

Aaaagh! Guess the old argument about keeping it all a secret makes sense in this situation. Everyone will have their opinion wwhatever we name him and however we choose to pronounce it!

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lljkk · 05/04/2013 09:39

Rory.

BabsAndTheRu · 05/04/2013 09:24

Agree with Annakin, totally different names.

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working9while5 · 04/04/2013 20:51

I have a Rory who could have been a Ruairi but I would see the latter as Rooree and it would irritate me that it would have to be explained so Rory it is. He is called Roryroo round these parts at nine months though!

forgetmenots · 04/04/2013 20:42

Btw I agree with soontobeslender that if the name you like is Rory, spell it that way, it's only if you're hoping for the 'roo' pronunciation I would stick with the Gaelic name. not a hard liner honest Grin

soontobeslendergirl · 04/04/2013 20:33

If you want to call him Rory - then just spell it Rory would be my advice. If you are in England no-one very few people will be able to pronounce the Gaelic spelling and in Scotland we'll all say Roo are ee,

My OH wanted to spell my son's name Creag as that's the gaelic - I put my foot down and we have Craig. He got his way with our younger son though - I got the name I wanted and he got to spell it. rbf I do prefer the spelling we have now but he never gets his name spelled correctly or pronounced correctly either.

forgetmenots · 04/04/2013 20:30

Same as a lot of names, Ruaraidh/Ruairidh and the simplified Ruaridh are the Gaelic versions and have different spellings, no rights or wrongs in what you pick but are pronounced roo-ar-ee. Rory is 'roar-ee'. Ruairi is the Irish variation of Ruairidh.

(Don't let it out you off either name, think of the amount of ways you can spell Katherine! No one moans about that, and I can assure you names like that are a bigger pain in the arse :) )

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smiler389 · 04/04/2013 20:14

Now I am confused. Who knew there were so many spellings and proununciations!? How do we choose?

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soontobeslendergirl · 04/04/2013 19:26

I also know a Ruaraidh to add to the confusion - pronounced Roo are ee though.

exoticfruits · 04/04/2013 19:15

Rory so that people can spell it.

forgetmenots · 04/04/2013 19:12

No probs balloonslayer, Eilish and Eilidh look very similar and often get confused even up here :)

BalloonSlayer · 04/04/2013 19:00

Oh I am sorry I thought Eilidh was pronounced Eye-lish.

I used to know a lady with a name pronounced Eilish with that spelling, although even as I type I seem to recall it was a lot more long and complicated than Eilidh.

Sorry to confuse matters Blush

Coro · 04/04/2013 18:47

I know an adult Rauri. Said as Rory. Perhaps a compromise on spelling but still unusual. People still mess up the spelling though and it frustrates him.

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smiler389 · 04/04/2013 18:46

I'm not drunk I promise. It's just predictive text and not checking my posts. Slightly hysterical now at those typos.!

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BabsAndTheRu · 04/04/2013 18:43

We have a Ruairidh pronounced the Gaelic way hence the user name, if you want it pronounced as Rory use Rory.

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smiler389 · 04/04/2013 18:39

Funnel enough we just had the conversation about different pronunciation.....I think I tonight that his Scottish family would say roo .ar ee and English just rory.
Thanks for all of your comma tsunami though!

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