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Can somebody please tell me how to pronounce the name Roisin

48 replies

TooTickyTheAppleMuncher · 13/10/2006 19:39

Thanks

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bigknickersbigknockers · 13/10/2006 20:04

no she doesnt lulumama... she lives down my road..

roisin · 13/10/2006 20:04

pmsl at this thread btw. Ds2 had a narrow escape then - had he been a girl he would have been Roisin, or rather Roy-sin, or Rosin, or Rozin, or Raisin, or Raw-sheen, or Roy-Shaun, Roe-Sheen or whatever anyone happened to call him each time!

shhhh · 13/10/2006 21:07

roe sheen..I worked with a lady called this..Took me ages t work out how it was said let alone spelt..! .

moomooland · 13/10/2006 21:52

I'm from ireland and have heard name pronounced both roe sheen and rosheen!

moomooland · 13/10/2006 21:56

I'm from ireland and have heard name pronounced both roe-sheen and rosh-een so either probably right - you stress first syllable!

moomooland · 13/10/2006 21:57

Sorry!

expatinscotland · 13/10/2006 21:59

this is dd2's name. in honour of DH's beloved Nana.

she is a 'raw-sheen' - his Nana was from S. Ireland.

i hear N. Irish people say 'rosh-een', though.

she lives up to her name. she is a wee rose.

CreepyCrawlyCarmenere · 13/10/2006 22:01

In Ireland it is generally pronounced Roe Sheen but Rosheen is acceptable too.

expatinscotland · 13/10/2006 22:12

it's a brilliant name for a chubby love of a wee girl!

i'm glad we decided to call DD2 this.

DD1 has a Scots Gaelic name that suits her character as well.

cryptmonkey · 13/10/2006 22:21

I'm Irish and in the South it's pronounced Roe-sheen, in the North it's pronounced Rosh-een.

NannyStar · 14/10/2006 09:07

I am friends with a girl from Belfast and she pronounces her name - Rohsheen

nerdgirl · 14/10/2006 09:18

Another Irish Mumsnetter here, Cryptmonkey is spot on - Roe-sheen because the o should have a foda accent on it or Rosh-een if you're ignoring the foda (an Ulster derivation) but that's it. The Raw-sheens and Ros-ins etc. didn't come from this island!

curlysmum · 15/10/2006 21:51

Its my middle name , I love it! always causes confusion , but then my whole name is a bit odd, bit like Siobhan and other great Irish names

mears · 15/10/2006 21:52

row -sheen

mears · 15/10/2006 21:52

row -sheen

intergalacticwerewolf · 15/10/2006 21:54

DS2 (6 weeks) is Eoin. Have to say itsg caused no end of fecking trounbler altready.

Still love it though

colditz · 15/10/2006 21:55

I always thought it was Rosh-anne

SoMuchToBats · 15/10/2006 21:58

Girl next door with this name is ROSHeen. But an Irish person I met last year called her daughter ROEsheen.

dmo · 15/10/2006 21:58

were irish
my son is called Ryan (his friend is Rhyan)
my niece is Rosarie
my nephew is Patrick

SoMuchToBats · 15/10/2006 21:59

How do you pronounce Eoin, then?

intergalacticwerewolf · 15/10/2006 21:59

Owen.

SoMuchToBats · 15/10/2006 22:01

Thank you. Now I won't embarrass myself if I meet an Eoin. We have friends whose dd is a Mairi (Scottish), and she gets called all kinds of things . It's "Marry"

dmo · 15/10/2006 22:02

slient e then
i like it its different she will hate it as everyone will be "how do u spell that"

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