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How would you pronounce Emer?

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D0ni · 19/07/2016 08:33

How would you pronounce the Irish name Emer?

Just wondering if it would be mis pronounced a lot from the spelling?

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LunaLoveg00d · 19/07/2016 08:47

ee-mer

But with some English accents any name ending -a sounds like it ends -er so I can see why people think it's Emma. My niece is called Isla, and English relatives pronounce it Eye-ler all the time. Drives me nuts.

LadyOrangutan · 19/07/2016 08:45

There are difficult Irish names and that is not one of them!
It's pronounced like it's spelt FGS!

'E' (like the letter 'E') -mer (as in mer-maid)

How on earth do people get Emma from that???

miniswin · 19/07/2016 08:44

How about the spelling 'Eimear' - pronunciation might be a little more intuitive, and I think the same? Willing to be corrected however. (I'm not Irish!) I would know how to pronounce 'Emer' but only because I would have guessed it was the same as the spelling I've mentioned above.

Felascloak · 19/07/2016 08:35

Ee-mer
But only from reading irish fiction. It'll be fine, you just need to tell people how it's pronounced. It's a nice name Smile

sooperdooper · 19/07/2016 08:35

Pressed send too soon! Because I've never heard of the Irish spelling

eurochick · 19/07/2016 08:34

Eem-er.

I know a few of them.

DoinItFine · 19/07/2016 08:34

Ee-mur

AndNowItsSeven · 19/07/2016 08:34

Em er as in er what.

WanderingTrolley1 · 19/07/2016 08:34

Or Emma.

sooperdooper · 19/07/2016 08:34

Emma, and then wonder why they hadn't just used the normal spelling

WanderingTrolley1 · 19/07/2016 08:34

Ee-ma.

Mov1ngOn · 19/07/2016 08:33

Emma

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