Worst spelling of a name ever

Pestilence · 2 Oct 2012 at 15:46

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

... and that's where the booze comes in!

chipachap · 2 Oct 2012 at 15:51

MaxP779 said:
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?

Clearly you've never been outside of the UK, and if you have it doesn't show.

Ahleckz · 2 Oct 2012 at 16:04

Siobhan is a very common name, surprised people don't know how to pronounce it.

I dislike unusual spellings for the sake of being unusual, like Rebekah, Mykel for example. Ahleckz, however, is an awesome spelling of Alex.

Mat · 2 Oct 2012 at 16:32

Mat - Richerd. Loads of people get that wrong.

Morbius · 2 Oct 2012 at 16:49

Sean Bean

It ought to be Seen Been or Shaun Bjorn.

chipachap · 2 Oct 2012 at 16:57

Morbius said:
Sean Bean

It ought to be Seen Been or Shaun Bjorn.

Is it not Séan Bean?

Gilly · 10 Oct 2012 at 14:42

chipachap said:
Is it not Séan Bean?

No it's actually Shaun but he couldn't be an actor under that name as someone was already registered.

It'd be Shaun Bourne anyway.

mikeggratton · 10 Oct 2012 at 14:56

Euan

Why the E, its just not needed

mejinks · 10 Oct 2012 at 16:31

Try:
Iolo - yolow
Iain - Ian
Aeron - Air on
Blodwedd - Blod weth

My fave of the day:
GOLEUDDYDD - Gol yutheth

All of the above are how you would pronounce it in South Walian too. North and Mid would pronounce it slightly differently.

IrishChr1s · 10 Oct 2012 at 16:38

Caoimhe -

North of Ireland - Keeva
South of Ireland - Qweva

I didnt know this until arguing with a girl from Dublin that she wanted to sound
more fancy, until she showed me the pronouciation of it.

I was wrong.

I like Oisin - Osh een

rimmeruk · 10 Oct 2012 at 16:40

Mason- said:
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? no no no..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully_Booked

Gaijin · 10 Oct 2012 at 16:41

I moved to Ireland 5 months ago. What a head ****.

In addition to the above:

Fiarchra - Fear-Kra
Eimear - Eee-mur
Aisling - Ash-Ling
Blathnaid - Blon-ned
Dearbhal - Derv-la
Cliodna - Cleaner
Sorcha - Surcha

Basically I'm screwed.