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Beagan?

135 replies

WillowTreeBranch · 07/04/2017 15:07

NN Bea?

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Marmalade85 · 09/04/2017 18:12

Sounds like a Jamaican saying bacon.

reuset · 09/04/2017 17:15

How are you pronouncing it, OP?

It would be 'bay' rather than 'bee'

It was a vaguely common Irish name...back in the 14th century

Not my particular taste, though.

Usernamewithnodigits · 08/04/2017 21:21

As a person with a non-Irish accent, my initial thoughts were like fortifiedwith teas.

You BEGAN this thread, Op.

But I also think that not everyone likes the same name so if you like it, use it.

Congratulations on your pregnancy.

AmysTiara · 08/04/2017 17:15

I thought it was er not good when i was assuming it was a girls name.

You can't call a boy Bea. It's awful. Really really terrible.

WaitrosePigeon · 08/04/2017 17:12

Beagle

Ontopofthesunset · 08/04/2017 16:36

I meant 'wean' in the sense of child, because I've read it lots of times but I assumed it was pronounced like 'weaning' - I guess I thought it was from the same route - a child who'd been weaned or whatever.

squoosh · 08/04/2017 16:02

Only in NI

ZilphasHatpin · 08/04/2017 15:52

they're the big weans!

We definitely say it here in my part of NI. Not sure about the rest of Ireland.

smashyourglasses · 08/04/2017 15:41

Jesus christ... wheezes

MrsJayy · 08/04/2017 15:41

Do the irish say wean as well? Saw my dad today he said wheres the weans the weans are 24 and 19

ZilphasHatpin · 08/04/2017 15:32

Thanks mrsjayy

All these years I thought 'wean' was pronounced 'ween'. I've only ever seen it written down.

If you mean the word 'wean' as in weaning a child off their bottle or dummy then yes it is pronounced like ween.

But the word "wean" used to indicate a child is pronounced more like "wee un" but rolled together if that makes sense. Because it literally is the words "wee one" (wee/small child) smushed together. In my NI accent the name Wayne is pronounced the same as "weeun" or "wean".

villainousbroodmare · 08/04/2017 14:47

I'm an Irish speaker and as PPs have said, it'd be pronounced BYUG-unn (and be meaningless) without the fada on the last a, and byug-AWN and mean 'a little bit' (of something) with the fada. Like a little bit of milk in your tea. I've never heard it as either a first name or surname.

Pomegranatemolasses · 08/04/2017 14:43

I'm Irish, and it would definitely be pronounced byug-gawn around these parts.

LouisevilleLlama · 08/04/2017 14:36

Reminds me of the dog breed

fortifiedwithtea · 08/04/2017 14:35

Begin at the very Beagan, its a very good place to start....lah, lah, lah

No its horrible, don't do it.

MrsJayy · 08/04/2017 14:35

Proof

DingDongtheWitchIsDangDiddlyDe · 08/04/2017 14:34

It is a name... It's Gaelic

In what sense is it? Do you mean Irish, or Scottish, or from the Isle of Man?

It's the Irish word for "few". Also a surname.

Queensparkles · 08/04/2017 14:33

It's pronounced like Wayne , but we spell it either wean or wain lol

Ontopofthesunset · 08/04/2017 14:31

All these years I thought 'wean' was pronounced 'ween'. I've only ever seen it written down. It's nice to learn new stuff.

ZilphasHatpin · 08/04/2017 14:30

squoosh! That's genius!

ZilphasHatpin · 08/04/2017 14:30

I thought that francis!

squoosh · 08/04/2017 14:29

There's a kids' clothes shop in Glasgow called Wean's World.

FrancisCrawford · 08/04/2017 14:28

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Queensparkles · 08/04/2017 14:21

Not keen (sorry) I just don't think it has a nice sound if you get me!

PattyPenguin · 08/04/2017 14:19

We'll be having boys called 'Tipyn' and girls called 'Tamaid' in Wales next.

Mind you, I've heard mothers in Wales swear blind Tegan is a Welsh name and is pronounced Te-gan (with the te- as in the number ten) as opposed to Tea-gan. No, 'tegan' is a Welsh common noun and it means 'toy'.

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