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Saoirse pronouncing

156 replies

BHillary · 12/04/2018 18:30

How do you pronounce Saoirse?

Sur-sha or sear-sha?

I prefer the first but not if it isn't correct hmm.

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Procrastinate92 · 13/04/2018 01:00

Im Irish, I would say Seer-sha, although I know a lot of Sur-shas and even a Sur-ca !

LipstickHandbagCoffee · 13/04/2018 00:52

I’d say Sair-shaa

YouCantBeSirius · 13/04/2018 00:49

I pronounce it Sair-sha. Lovely name

Clevs · 13/04/2018 00:41

I'm pretty sure someone else posted about this name a few weeks ago.

The first thing that comes into my head when I see the name is 'sore arse'Confused

RedDwarves · 13/04/2018 00:32

I would pronounce it seer-sha (I’m not in the UK or Ireland but have Northern Irish relatives).

But I think Saoirse Ronan will make sir-sha the dominant pronunciation in the way Keira Knightley made Keira dominant over Kiera.

Slievenamon · 12/04/2018 23:43

There are different accents in Ireland you know! As well as different dialects of Irish.

Corcra · 12/04/2018 23:41

Seersha is how it should be pronounced isn't it.

pastabakewithcheese · 12/04/2018 23:38

😍😍 that's how

desperatehousewife2 · 12/04/2018 23:30

I’m Irish, living in Ireland and any of the Saoirses I know pronounce it ‘Seersha’

AtlantaGinandTonic · 12/04/2018 22:24

My DDs were obsessed with the film 'Song of the Sea' for a while. I've based my pronunciation on that, which was 'Seer-sha'.

llangennith · 12/04/2018 21:59

I thought it was Saw-sher

ZibbidooZibbidooZibbidoo · 12/04/2018 20:19

😂

MarthaArthur · 12/04/2018 20:19

Dsis just pronounced it like patrick swayze so i dont feel as bad even though i still cant say it Grin

Cockmagic · 12/04/2018 20:15

Ah right, sorry I just can't get my head round it. Took me ages to figure out Niamh too !

TellOutMySoul · 12/04/2018 20:12

Saoirse Ronan pronounces it to rhyme with "inertia"

ZibbidooZibbidooZibbidoo · 12/04/2018 20:09

Like has been said many times on the thread cockmagic

Cockmagic · 12/04/2018 20:07

Wait, am I totally wrong? How is it pronounced?

MarthaArthur · 12/04/2018 20:06

I have trouble with lots of pronunciation. My dsis pronounces so many things wrong worcestshire is one. I asked how she would prounounce saorise and she didnt even want to hazzard a guess.

MarthaArthur · 12/04/2018 20:04

Either way op its a beautiful name but i dont think i can pronounce it so people might struggle

ZibbidooZibbidooZibbidoo · 12/04/2018 20:02

Loughborough always gets me too Grin

ZibbidooZibbidooZibbidoo · 12/04/2018 20:01

That was for the YouTube clip! Worcestshire always catches me out too.

I had a Sorcha in my class at school. She was sorsha but she (and the rest of our class) let our English teacher call her Sorka for 3 years before subtley correcting her Grin

MarthaArthur · 12/04/2018 20:01

I am currently that old italian man who cant pronounce the sauw che 😂

MayFayner · 12/04/2018 20:00

^ sorry that was to twer

ZibbidooZibbidooZibbidoo · 12/04/2018 19:59

😂😂😂

MayFayner · 12/04/2018 19:59

Yeah.... Grin

Some people pronounce saw-ra-ka
Others it's more surra-ka

Except the "ka" sound is more "kha"

But I'm trying to keep it simple Grin

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