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NameNameNameNames · 2023-09-17T11:35:37+00:00

Follow on from my Isla thread, another name I have in mind is Saoirse. Sister would still be Hazel, and there’s very little chance of the name being mispronounced

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Liv999 · 22/09/2023 11:32

Mooshamoo · 22/09/2023 10:53

I am Irish.

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Born and raised here were you? If you are Irish which i highly doubt you need to educate yourself on Irish names because you don't have a clue what you're talking about

Mooshamoo · 22/09/2023 10:58

WhatapityWapiti · 22/09/2023 10:55

They were talking about JaneJeffers, not you.

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Read it again. She is talking about me.

I said 'jane jeffer is a boring name".
A poster said "I'm surprised that an Irish poster would find that name boring".
Another poster said "she's not Irish". Talking about me.

I replied. I am irish

WhatapityWapiti · 22/09/2023 10:55

Mooshamoo · 22/09/2023 10:53

I am Irish.

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They were talking about JaneJeffers, not you.

Mooshamoo · 22/09/2023 10:53

Liv999 · 22/09/2023 07:23

@ColleenDonaghy she's not Irish, she's lived all over Ireland though but won't tell us where exactly she's from

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I am Irish.

WhatapityWapiti · 22/09/2023 08:03

Plusque · 22/09/2023 07:52

Déan deifir. (Though the wordplay doesn’t really work where I’m from — different pronunciation.)

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Thanks!

Liv999 · 22/09/2023 08:00

ColleenDonaghy · 22/09/2023 07:44

Well quite. Just having some fun, would hope she'd, err, hurry up and reply.

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😂😂😂

Plusque · 22/09/2023 07:52

WhatapityWapiti · 22/09/2023 07:48

Can someone explain the joke in JaneJeffers’ name? Google didn’t help me!

Déan deifir. (Though the wordplay doesn’t really work where I’m from — different pronunciation.)

WhatapityWapiti · 22/09/2023 07:48

Can someone explain the joke in JaneJeffers’ name? Google didn’t help me!

ColleenDonaghy · 22/09/2023 07:44

Liv999 · 22/09/2023 07:23

@ColleenDonaghy she's not Irish, she's lived all over Ireland though but won't tell us where exactly she's from

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Well quite. Just having some fun, would hope she'd, err, hurry up and reply.

Liv999 · 22/09/2023 07:23

ColleenDonaghy · 21/09/2023 18:53

Just curious as it's one of the wittier names on here so I was surprised to see someone Irish describe it as boring.

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@ColleenDonaghy she's not Irish, she's lived all over Ireland though but won't tell us where exactly she's from

budgetingnovice1993 · 22/09/2023 07:14

In Scotland it is pronounced Sore sha

Sparklecats · 21/09/2023 21:08

Scruffington · 21/09/2023 17:56

I couldn't care less if Clíona is someone's favourite name or least favourite name. It's a name I'm pretty indifferent to. I just find it very surprising that a fella from Kildare would claim never to have heard that (very commonly used) name before.

I've only ever heard the 'clíona sounds like cleaner' comment from English people with a non-rhotic accent.

I hadn’t heard/seen any “very” Irish names at all until I was 12 and went to an integrated school… I actually thought the first person I met was from a British colony with an unusual name because I had experience of that…

I know some will think this an exaggeration but I swear it isn’t!!!

I think that’s why I like the romance of the names now as there was a near total absence in childhood. Only people was anglicised versions (think Owen instead of Eoghan)

TheIsleOfTheLost · 21/09/2023 20:57

I know or have known 3 in England and a Sorcha. All pronounced their own name Sore-sha. I find that a bit harsh sounding, but Seer-sha is beautiful. Ultimately, there is so much mixing around the world that people anywhere will normally just ask your name once then get it right from then on. I always longed for something more interesting than my dull and predictable name that there was always another in my class at school.

ColleenDonaghy · 21/09/2023 18:53

Mooshamoo · 21/09/2023 18:49

It was a joke. Which I think she took it as.

Jane is a nice name

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Just curious as it's one of the wittier names on here so I was surprised to see someone Irish describe it as boring.

Mooshamoo · 21/09/2023 18:49

ColleenDonaghy · 21/09/2023 18:43

What exactly don't you like about Jane's name?

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It was a joke. Which I think she took it as.

Jane is a nice name

ColleenDonaghy · 21/09/2023 18:43

Mooshamoo · 21/09/2023 17:57

Yes one man from Kildare so far. And he made me think of it like that too. So now I don't like the name.

It's not that big of a deal is it. Most people on here talk about which names they like and don't like. I'm not a fan of saoirse either.

I also wouldn't be a fan of janejeffer . That's a boring name and comes with an irritating personality 😂

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What exactly don't you like about Jane's name?

Mooshamoo · 21/09/2023 18:22

Out in a bar in Kildare. A long time ago now. My first love reallt. I'm in my thirties. I met him when I was about in my early twenties

JaneJeffer · 21/09/2023 18:18

Where did you meet him @Mooshamoo?

Mooshamoo · 21/09/2023 18:17

He probably was a bit innocent. The type of lad who barely left his farm. Great looking though. I'm reminiscing now

Mooshamoo · 21/09/2023 18:14

JaneJeffer · 21/09/2023 18:11

I'm from the back of beyond and I know how to pronounce it perfectly. Does he not have a radio or a telly?

Haha I'm laughing now. Poor oul Kildare fella. Sure he could only do his best.

JaneJeffer · 21/09/2023 18:11

I'm from the back of beyond and I know how to pronounce it perfectly. Does he not have a radio or a telly?

Mooshamoo · 21/09/2023 18:05

Scruffington · 21/09/2023 18:03

sounds like you and the lad from Kildare were well suited.

I would say that Clíona is a well known and completely unremarkable name in Ireland.

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You're being a bit harsh on people from rural Ireland. He was from a small village in kildare. I was from a small village in another county. You don't meet that many people. And you meet the same people.

It was all niamhs , aislings, Siobhan's, Sineas where I was growing up. It was only when I moved to another town that I met a cliona. I've lived in a few towns since, still haven't met another one though.

Anyway.

Scruffington · 21/09/2023 18:03

Mooshamoo · 21/09/2023 17:59

It's not common. I'd never heard of it before I met her. I remember saying to her oh that's unusual. And she is still the only cliona I've ever met in ireland. She didn't like her name actually herself as her two sisters had a bit nicer Irish names.

I've met loads of clodaghs and ciaras in ireland. I've only met one cliona.

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sounds like you and the lad from Kildare were well suited.

I would say that Clíona is a well known and completely unremarkable name in Ireland.

Mooshamoo · 21/09/2023 17:59

Scruffington · 21/09/2023 17:56

I couldn't care less if Clíona is someone's favourite name or least favourite name. It's a name I'm pretty indifferent to. I just find it very surprising that a fella from Kildare would claim never to have heard that (very commonly used) name before.

I've only ever heard the 'clíona sounds like cleaner' comment from English people with a non-rhotic accent.

It's not common. I'd never heard of it before I met her. I remember saying to her oh that's unusual. And she is still the only cliona I've ever met in ireland. She didn't like her name actually herself as her two sisters had a bit nicer Irish names.

I've met loads of clodaghs and ciaras in ireland. I've only met one cliona.

JaneJeffer · 21/09/2023 17:58

Well my name isn't boring but yes I am annoying I agree.