Worst spelling of a name ever

Nitefly

Nitefly

Nitefly

Man of Honour
Joined
24 Sep 2005
Posts
37,340
Siobhan. What's up with that? When you see that written, you think:

Siobhan - Warrior of Souls

A man with 5 Persian naked wenches lying around his throne made exclusively of skulls.

But no, it's 'shuh-vorn'. It blows my tiny mind.

Please entertain me further with other odd, silly or otherwise amusing names.
 
Not a spelling per se, but I only in the last year or two found out that Ted is short for Edward! I mean, what?!
 
I remember in school handing out jotters i got to one with the name siobhan or as i pronounced it psy-ob-han. She was ****ed because i handed out everyone elses and dumped hers in the absent pile, siobhan = shiv-on? Are you kidding me? :rolleyes:
 
Maciej

Sounds like Matthew apparently. Those crazy poles.

I've always wondered why Jack is apparently the same as John.

Because.. it's obviously not. Same with Henry and Harry.

Edit: I just looked in up on the internet. Apparently it's because of Germans. I should have known.
 
Last edited:
Actually, the name Siobhan almost scored me some hot lovin' action once. Maybe. I was working in a store here in the US (where the name is quite rare, compared to Europe) and I was looking if the girl I was checking out (in both senses of the phrase...) was in our preferred customer database. She was, and I said - pronouncing it correctly, of course - "That's Shiobhan? 123 Station Road?" She looked absolutely aghast and replied "....you're like the first person who's ever pronounced it properly!". Combined with my James Bond-esque English accent, she almost jumped the counter and had her way with me there and then. Maybe. When we were done I said "is there anything else I can do for you today, Shiobhan?" and she replied "yes - keep talking" :p

Of course, I'm happily married, so it never went anywhere. But I think that would have been the easiest pull in the history of the universe :D
 
fluffmct said:
Caoimhe...

and Aoife is more like Eef-aa
Click to expand...

Well, the first depends on the particular region of Ireland, there are a couple of spellings, as there are for most names. It is quite common to pronounce Aoife as E-Fa in modern Irish parlance, it is originally and traditionally EE-Feh however, a very slight difference. :)

Edit: I just noticed my original post said EE-Fey, the Y should have been an H. Big fingers, small iPad KB...apologies.


A boys name this time:

Conchobhar = Con r.
 
Last edited:
One of the kids I keep an eye on at work, her Mum must have decided to go for the literal spelling of her daughters name. Kloe (as opposed to the normal Chloe - with silent h)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom