To think no one would pronounce this name right

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How would you pronounce the 'name' Eieoie?

"isn’t that garlic mayonnaise" and "by yodelling" got me in tears

Ah, that explains why my friends son isn't there then.

If it's Estonian; the o is actually an õ, which is a different letter. I agree with you, Eieõie would be really hard for an English speaker to (who does not also speak Estonian or Finnish) to pronounce correctly.

This would be pretty close to the trad Estonian pronunciation-- A as in April + yew as in the tree + EE as in see + a as in Lisa. Emphasis on the second to last syllable. But it's not quite right; the eõ is a diphthong and it's more like yyeww-oh, but really short, if that makes sense.

Words and names are random jumbles of letters to the ignorant and uneducated.

Is that you Elon? Why not go for something simple this time like Nigel, or Nigella?

I'd say 'Eye Oh Wee'

So, not far off. But it's going to be a lifetime of difficulty.

@OchonAgusOchonOh , there are some rude posts on here.
I think the Irish and Welsh name threads are usually unpleasantl

The people IRL who are rude aren't worth worrying about IMO, but the ones who mishear my name bug me because they don't realise that what they hear isn't what I day, and what they say is miles out. It tends to be getting one letter wrong, and emphasising the wrong syllable. (Think something like saying Marsaili as Marstha-Lee but worse).

I wouldn’t even attempt it. And I’m quite familiar with a lot of the Irish names, but I’ve never heard of that one.

I don't at all dislike it but she will spend the rest of her life spelling it out and correcting the pronunciation, which she might find a bit annoying.

Re the French, they have problems with some British names like Graham and Heather. The commentators of the Tour de France made a right meal of pronouncing Christopher Froome.

Eee ohhh eee

What makes you think it's an Irish name? We do have consonants in Irish and use them. I can't think of any word or name that consists of only vowels.

EOE

@TonTonMacoute , but don't they say Heather as Ezzer?

Ehoh. Like the teletubbies!

Never heard of it, but it’s nice, what nationality is it?
You do have to think a bit before pronouncing it which could possibly lead to awkward situations, can you not spell it Eyeoie

Thanks! So made up name. Ludicrous.

E I E I O.. and with a quack quack here…

Really weird assumption. Od course it's not an Irish name. It's not a name at all.

FFS!!!!

IT'S NOT AN IRISH NAME!!!

I think that’s some Little Englander’s idea of a hilarious jape.🙄

I pronounced it right, and actually I quite like it the more I say it out loud.
(Although sitting here saying EYE-OH-EE repeatedly is making my dog give me wierd looks)

Where does the name come from?

I wouldn’t even bother trying to pronounce it.

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Are you this ignorant on the world at large, or is it just Irish orthography?