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Grainne - how do you pronounce it?

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Spidermama · 02/12/2009 11:56

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frogs · 02/12/2009 11:58

gronya or grahnya

BexJ78 · 02/12/2009 11:58

I think it is pronounced gren, but would not bet my life on it!

Ondine · 02/12/2009 12:14

You can listen to it pronouced here

AtheneNoctua · 02/12/2009 12:25

granny

overthemoon2009 · 02/12/2009 12:28

I knew someone with this name, pronounced it grahnia. Lovely name.

LadyGlenChristmasPresent · 02/12/2009 12:46

Graun ya

BunnyLebowski · 02/12/2009 13:13

It's more Grawnya than Gronya.

I'm Irish with a very similar name so claim authority on this one!

shonaspurtle · 02/12/2009 13:16

Grawn-ya

Buda · 02/12/2009 13:19

Or as DH calls a friend of mine 'grainy'!

It is pronounced Grawnya.

doubleexpresso · 02/12/2009 13:53

That's what everyone who sees it written down first, will say

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Spidermama · 02/12/2009 14:25

Ondine brilliant link. Thanks.

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Spidermama · 02/12/2009 14:27

This isn'f for baby naming purposes btw. I've just bought Roddy Doyle's book Wilderness for ds and one of the characters is Grainne. I hate reading books when I don't know how to pronounce stuff in them.

Thanks for your help.

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