Aoife

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Honest opinions of this name?

Oh so your pronouncing the fah part of Aoife as For, I thought you meant just the E part. Why are you confusing fah with for?

why am i even engaging in this idiotic conversation?!

numpty

Oh so your pronouncing the fah part of Aoife as For

No, other way round. She pronounces “for” like fah. Instead of saying E for elephant- she says E fah elephant.

the plot thickens 🤣🤣

I'm a born, bred & educated SW Londoner as is DH & his family are from the East End. Never heard of fah for for before.

very familiar with arks for ask though

why am i even engaging in this idiotic conversation?!

Dunno. You tell me.

numpty

Hey, don't be so hard on yourself. The fact that people have different accents is something many Mumsnetters find hard to grasp, it's OK.

The fact that people have different accents is something many Mumsnetters find hard to grasp, it's OK.

The irony 🤣🤣🤣

I'm a born, bred & educated SW Londoner as is DH & his family are from the East End. Never heard of fah for for before.

Do you pronounce the r in for then? Really? It's probably closer to 'feh' than 'fah' but there isn't an r sound.

I pronounce then as th en & for with (not wiv) the or sound.

Do you mean the combination of words for then together? I don't think I even say that.

I love it. We have a Niamh (14 yo) and we love her name, she does too I think! No real issues with spelling or pronunciation once people know. If we'd had another daughter she'd have been Siobhan or Roisin. I also knew a little girl called Aoife long before I had kids and always liked it. If you like it OP, go for it

Do you mean the combination of words for then together? I don't think I even say that.

I mean the word 'for'. Do you say the r? I don't. Although you sound posh for a Londoner if you say 'then' properly

Because the name Aoife is pronounced Eefa. Like Ceefa/Seefa Cat (cee for cat) is different to Carol cat. Eefa elephant. Sounds like 'Ee for elephant'.

Yes, nobody use the name Aoife, ever, because @BrooHaHa has friends and family with a pre-schooler sense of humour when it comes to pet names.

I mean the word 'for'. Do you say the r? I don't.

I do & don't think I know anyone who doesn't. Like I said, know plenty that say arcs for ask or use vs of fs for th but rs are used. DHs gran was born & bred in Hackney & has cockney accent but uses rs.

Although you sound posh for a Londoner if you say 'then' properly

Live in a posh ish area but immigrant parents like most of my friends. Did go to a grammar school but I don't have a nickname & say yes not yah

Ploopsie, I think your are misunderstanding the sound "or" as described by other posters.

Do you rhyme paw and for? If, like a lot of English people you do, then clearly you don't pronounce the r in for. With a non rhotic accent, it's perfectly possible/normal to rhyme corn, faun, lawn etc but only one has an r in it. In a non-rhotic, English accent, you don't pronounce an r sound in thousands of words.

What about car? Does it rhyme with baa? Or ma? If so, you aren't pronouncing the r.

My glaswegian friend is a primary school teacher in an English school and describes it as quite the workout teaching phonics as she doesn't follow half the rules in her normal accent.

I say for as or with an f in front. Emphasis is on the o sound I guess & would pronounce paw as pour.

I don't see how to pronounce for as fah with an emphasis on the a sound?

This how I pronounce both words, I don't see how they are the same sound.

That's an American accent! I don't know any born Londoner who pronounces for like that.

I'd only pronounce the r in for if there was a vowel after. Going for a walk, I'd pronounce the r. Horses for courses, I wouldn't.

I have a friend who wanted to name her daughter this but her surname is Evans and thought it sounded too much like ‘E for Evans’ (Yes, she is Irish and married to a Welshman)

But what do I know, according to MN my daughters name sounds like swearing

If you pronounce paw as pour, I promise you that you aren't pronouncing the r in for. How can you be? Paw has no r in it.

The sound you make when you say "or" is the same as "awe". No r!

And as Mrs TP says, you've linked American pronunciations and most Londoners don't speak like that.

Yes, nobody use the name Aoife, ever, because @BrooHaHa has friends and family with a pre-schooler sense of humour when it comes to pet names.

Sighs. Did I say no one should ever use the name? Did I say I found it funny? OP asked for our opinions on the name. My opinion is that I think of 'E for elephant' upon hearing it. That's it. If I misread the OP and it actually said, 'Please give me your positive opinion of this name', then I apologise and take it a back.

But what do I know, according to MN my daughters name sounds like swearing

Well what do you expect when you call her Cnut?