Worst spelling of a name ever

Edrof · 2 Oct 2012 at 11:38

Those Welsh ones seem fairly logical.

Gilly · 2 Oct 2012 at 11:40

Matthew.

Why the extra T?

Edrof · 2 Oct 2012 at 11:50

A relic of the Jewish form of the name which was/is Matityahu?

The Dread Pirate · 2 Oct 2012 at 11:52

t'is an irish spelling and there's nothing wrong with it they don't have V's over there so they can do what they like

ca9phoenix · 2 Oct 2012 at 11:58

old english surname Featherstonehaugh pronounced 'fanshaw'

because that makes sense!

Gilly · 2 Oct 2012 at 12:07

Edrof said:
A relic of the Jewish form of the name which was/is Matityahu?

So all of the redundant letters have been dropped except one?

Why bother?

shoes · 2 Oct 2012 at 12:14

I work with a guy who's surname is Skucha - ten internet points for anyone who knows how to pronounce this.

Gilly · 2 Oct 2012 at 12:21

I'm gonna guess ska? Or maybe cootch

Liampope · 2 Oct 2012 at 12:34

MoNkeE said:
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?!

Wait till you find out what is short for Robert and William - will blow your mind!! :eek:

peterattheboro · 2 Oct 2012 at 12:47

MisChief said:
Eoin. Pronounced as Owen but I keep thinking 'oin' (rhyming with coin)

EdGey said:
Sean.

I read it as Seen every time..

Nitefly said:
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.

These names need to die in a giant fiery ball of death.

Mason- · 2 Oct 2012 at 12:48

Castiel said:
Lol, Irish spelling has nowt to do with English pronunciation.....

Niamh = Neve.

Caoimh = Keeva.

Aoife = EE Fey

And so on....

Aoife is Ee-fa at least the girl at my school was.

Also had a girl called Dervla too which sounds horrible IMO.

EDIT: Sorry read on and saw your response.

My brother's girlfriend's mother is called Morag. Scottish apparently, but again, sounds like the name of a dragon in a fantasy book or something.

robgmun · 2 Oct 2012 at 12:52

I agree with Siobhan

I head goes Shio-ban for some reason.

Hate it

Energizer Bunny · 2 Oct 2012 at 12:54

Any name replacing a Y with an I

lucy_bee · 2 Oct 2012 at 12:54

Client of my employer goes by the name of Lucy, or so I thought until I saw her name written down.

Luicee.

*shrugs

spoffle · 2 Oct 2012 at 13:00

Mason- said:
Aoife is Ee-fa at least the girl at my school was.

Also had a girl called Dervla too which sounds horrible IMO.

EDIT: Sorry read on and saw your response.

My brother's girlfriend's mother is called Morag. Scottish apparently, but again, sounds like the name of a dragon in a fantasy book or something.

DRAGON?! Don't you mean horrible old witch?

SpeedFreak · 2 Oct 2012 at 13:07

spoffle said:
But your name is Conor, not Conchobhar, they're not the same name.

One may be derived from the other, but it doesn't make them the same, that's why I mentioned the names Joe and Yusef.

My name is Conor and I am from Ireland. My grandmother is an Irish speaker. Somebody else brought up the name Conchobhar and as I am familiar with it's etomology being that my own name is derived from it and it's what my gran calls me I think I was ok to chime in. I don't call myself Conchobhar but that doesn't prevent me from from adding to the discussion.......

Pestilence · 2 Oct 2012 at 13:08

Irish names always take the mick (pun intended). I have a family full of them on my wife's side.

Meibh = Maeve.

Aiofe = Ee-fah.

Deirbhle = Dervla.

Siobhan = Shuh-von (as my mum always gleefully exclaimed when we met one... "Siobhan yer knickers, yer mummy's comin'!").

Caiomhe = Keeva.

Saiorse = Seer-sha.

Roisin (or Roisine) = Raw-sheen.

Had one really funny experience at Uni in Belfast with an Eoghan in the class. The tutor, on the first day, was calling out names to check attendance... got to that one and went "Eyog... ayg... yowgen? Eag... ee-ohgon...?". The guy spoke out -- "Owen." -- to which the eccentric tutor looked at him with this split second of utter disbelief, shrugged his shoulders and said "Really? Alright then..." and went back to reading names.

Mat · 2 Oct 2012 at 15:26

So basically what we're saying is... the Irish either can't spell or can't read?!

fluffmct · 2 Oct 2012 at 15:31

No I think we've come to the conclusion that the English language doesn't have the capacity to allow Irish people to properly express themselves

Charlotte1988 · 2 Oct 2012 at 15:36

fluffmct said:
No I think we've come to the conclusion that the English language doesn't have the capacity to allow Irish people to properly express themselves

true