To think no one would pronounce this name right

[eastereggg]

How would you pronounce the 'name' Eieoie?

That’s why I said ‘to my English eyes’ - did you not understand what I meant? Maybe I should have said ‘English-speaking…’

No, I wouldn’t say the same about a German or Italian name, since I did A level German, and having studied it for a while I do understand Italian spelling/pronunciation.
If you’d said Norwegian or Finnish, OTOH….

Owie. Like my little niece used to say ‘I did an owie’

I'd pronounce it eh-o-way

It is no more difficult than any other language if you don't speak it...

Ee-yeah-rie

E eye oh ee

Old McDonald had a farm...

Earwig

Yo! Bum Rush the Show

I understood exactly what you meant.

For some reason Irish names get ridiculed on MN for being "unpronounceable" to the English, predominantly monoglot, ears/eyes.

Proof that Google is not always right. It has to have an we sound at the end like Melodie.

But a heck of a burden for a child.

The Sun have already mocked the name based on a Reddit thread

www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/23397448/babys-name-people-joke-old-mcdonalds-farm-cant-pronounce/

If it's a name from a culture I don't know, then however I was told. Otherwise Aioli.

God knows.
E oh E maybe.

I'd probably just ask.

I’d probably just call them Bob

This made me laugh out loud, thank you. I've had a rotten sleepless night and this has made me smile.

Here to say this but too slow 🤣🤣

Good lord! Is it Irish? If it’s used anywhere other than its home country I would say the parents really don’t like their child. I literally have no idea how you would say that! If I saw it written, I would just ask the person how they say it.

Hopefully they’ll name you something else as well.

'How do you say your first name, please?'

@OchonAgusOchonOh "For some reason Irish names get ridiculed on MN for being "unpronounceable" to the English, predominantly monoglot, ears/eyes"

They shouldn't, of course, be ridiculed. But they will be mispronounced. It's impossible for monoglot English people to even make an educated guess about Irish pronunciation in a way the might be able to about Italian or French names.

dick!

There’s not a right way, it’s not a name surely?
eye oh? Made me think of heigh ho heigh ho it’s off to work we go, or old McDonald.

To ryhme with Zoe - I O E

@HugoYorway "'How do you say your first name, please?'"

Of course. But would you enjoy answering that question for the rest of your life? We chose an English transliteration of our ds's Irish name for that very reason.