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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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MarthaArthur · 12/04/2018 19:56

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twer · 12/04/2018 19:54

@MayFayner

People pronounce Sorcha as saw-ra-ka?!?!

WHAAAAAT?!

ZibbidooZibbidooZibbidoo · 12/04/2018 19:50

Just did

ZibbidooZibbidooZibbidoo · 12/04/2018 19:50

Loads of people can pronounce it. Look, they jsut didn’t it up there^.

angryburd · 12/04/2018 19:45

Take note of this thread, OP. Don't saddle your child with a name no one can pronounce!

ZibbidooZibbidooZibbidoo · 12/04/2018 19:42

😂

Cockmagic · 12/04/2018 19:38

I'd say "sah Reese"

whiteroseredrose · 12/04/2018 19:37

I'd guess it's a bit like saucy

SpadesOfGlory · 12/04/2018 19:34

I have only ever heard it pronounced "sear-sha" and I live in Ireland.

corcaithecat · 12/04/2018 19:31

Depends if you're pronouncing it with say, a Dublin accent or a west coast accent.
I hadn't realised how problematic this is until a friend sat an Irish language oral exam and struggled to understand the Dublin accent on the recording. She's from the real Capital, obvs.🤣

Askance · 12/04/2018 19:19

'aoi' in Irish is an 'ee' sound (well almost, with a bit of a twist). Like Aoife. So Seer-shuh

letstryagainaaahhhh · 12/04/2018 19:16

I thought it was Seer-si

TheDowagerCuntess · 12/04/2018 19:14

I would pronounce it Ser-sha, like the first syllable of Sarah.

But there is regional variation with some names - Caoimhe comes to mind.

MarthaArthur · 12/04/2018 19:10

Maybe their accent is just very strong and i dont hear the r in it

Twiggyy · 12/04/2018 19:09

Ser sha

MarthaArthur · 12/04/2018 19:08

*saorise sorry

blaaake · 12/04/2018 19:08

Seer-sha

MarthaArthur · 12/04/2018 19:08

No they write soirse on the christmas card. Maybe i just hear it differently with their accent but it always sounds like sawsha when i hear it

ZibbidooZibbidooZibbidoo · 12/04/2018 19:07

Are you sure the name isn’t Sasha martha? The “r” is very much pronounced in saoirse and sorcha.

ArdnaGreine · 12/04/2018 19:06

Seer-seah. I'm Irish too and know a few. Had thought of using name but faint republican connotations.

fourpawswhite · 12/04/2018 19:04

What about sorcha as an alternative? We are Scottish and I know two both pronounced sor cha.

MarthaArthur · 12/04/2018 19:02

zibb they are irish and say it in an irish accent. I am not native english but thats how it sounds to my ears when they say sawsha.

MayFayner · 12/04/2018 19:01

How did she feel about that?

Grin
Ellenripleysalienbaby · 12/04/2018 18:59

Oh bollocks I meant seer-sha and sir-sha.

Ellenripleysalienbaby · 12/04/2018 18:58

It's somewhere in between seer-sha and seer-sha I think?

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