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Pronounce Lorcan please

34 replies

mika2 · 19/06/2015 08:02

Hi, DC2 due in a few weeks and struggling with Irish boys names. I'm Irish and DH English so struggle to find a strong recognisably Irish name that won't cause too much of a headache with spelling/pronounciation growing up in UK. Lorcan seems to tick the box but after running it past a couple of Irish family members they both seem to butcher the pronounciation IMO!

Would you pronounce Lorcan as:

  1. Laur-can ( almost Laur-cun) or
  2. Lar-kin (much shorter sound)

I really hate the pronunciation no. 2 (sounds so harsh) but even when prompted my DM can't seem to get her tongue around pronunciation no.1! (The difference is definitely just the accent as apparently I'm saying it with an English accent whereas to me they're shortening the vowel sounds too much.)

How would you pronounce it? WIBU to call DS Lorcan and tell my family in Ireland we pronounce it like no.1?? And hope/assume that growing up in England everyone else will pronounce it like no.1... Or am I just settling myself up for years of headache?!

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BitOfFun · 21/06/2015 02:37

Lor c'n

How else could you possibly pronounce it, regional accents excepted?

I know of one- great name.

BobbyGentry · 21/06/2015 01:47

Laur-sanne (as in the Swiss Town Lausanne)

MitzyLeFrouf · 21/06/2015 00:57

The second boy I ever kissed was a Lorcan.

Lucked · 21/06/2015 00:54

I'm scottish and it's Laur-kin for me.

ImTakingTheEssence · 21/06/2015 00:52

Its coming out as logan everytime I say it must be my accent.

ChablisLover · 21/06/2015 00:51

Number one

Lawr can

Only way to pronounce it

Pomegranatemolasses · 21/06/2015 00:43

I'm Irish too, and have never heard any Irish person pronounce it Lar-kin. What part of the country is that from, from heaven's sake!

It's Laur-kin, without a doubt. never, ever heard of the other pronunciation.

mrstweefromtweesville · 21/06/2015 00:36

Lorr-cun.

DramaAlpaca · 21/06/2015 00:33

Lore-kun

mathanxiety · 21/06/2015 00:31

Definitely not Lar-kin.

Lore-kun is how I would pronounce it.

Walkingonsunshine00 · 19/06/2015 17:26

Lork- Anne

twinjocks · 19/06/2015 17:21

Irish here, and would pronounce it LAUR-kin

mika2 · 19/06/2015 15:07

Thanks for the replies! I hadn't even thought about Law-cun but living in England he probably would get that a lot. I don't mind that it's just Lar-kin/Lahr-kin (family in SE Irl) that I can't stand. And the fact that my DM can't pronounce it my preferred way is going to drive me batty as she enquires how Lar-kin is every day... Even if we tried a nickname like Lori she's pronounce it more like Larry! :(

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squoosh · 19/06/2015 11:24

Lore-kun

No matter which name you pick it will sound different in your Irish accent and your husband's English accent so there's no point stressing about it too much. Whereabouts in the country are you that it sounds like Lar-kin?

Sophronia · 19/06/2015 11:06

Lorr-cun

Dadado · 19/06/2015 08:34

Oh that did work Smile

Kraggle · 19/06/2015 08:34

Law-cun

Purplehonesty · 19/06/2015 08:34

Lorr can

Dadado · 19/06/2015 08:33

sorry links don't work on phone - www.babynamesofireland.com/audio/lorcan.mp3
Irish R pronunciation defeats some English speakers/accents.

Grannyapple · 19/06/2015 08:33

I'm Scottish & worked with a Lorcan in Kent. I pronounced it Lor-kin. All the English folk pronounced it Laur-cawn (think posh English). There were a few Eastern Europeans & South Africans & the pronounced it Lor-can. I have to say I love the name...we almost named DS2 Lorcan.

BikeRunSki · 19/06/2015 08:28

Law can

prepperpig · 19/06/2015 08:25

Never heard it but I would expect it to be pronounced law-cun

GeorgeYeatsAutomaticWriter · 19/06/2015 08:25

Laurrr- can.

Irish people pronounce the letter 'r' properly more strongly than English people.

tabulahrasa · 19/06/2015 08:24

Lorr-can, I'm scottish though, things often get an extra r.

Holden10 · 19/06/2015 08:21

Law-can. That's how the one I know says it.

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