Worst spelling of a name ever

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

A boys name this time:

Conchobhar = Con r.
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Pretty sure you're thinking of the surname or male name and neither are pronounced Keeva.

As for pronouncing Aoife as EE-Feh, of course you'd assume we're talking about common colloquial usage and not an obscure traditional reference.
 
fluffmct said:
Pretty sure you're thinking of the surname or male name and neither are pronounced Keeva.
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Nope, definitely Kee-va and spelled the way I said. my sister in law would be rather perplexed to think she has been misspelling and mispronouncing her name for over 30 years...she is from Ballysomethingorother in County Kerry. Again pronunciation and spelling varies depending on the region in Ireland.

Anyway it's not worth getting in a hoohaa about, given as whichever gender or whatever spelling they are essentially called Kevin....;):p
 
Some people do spell it like that, which is why it's stupid. I've met plenty. There were two Michaels in my school. Me, correctly, and the other, Micheal.
 
Castiel said:
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.
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I have to step in here.

My first girlfriend was called Caoimbhe pronounced keave ee
My niece is called Aoife pronounced ee fa
My name in Conor, in Irish it is spelt Conchobhar pronounced crow hur

I hope that clears it up. Just to add, my gran is a native Irish speaker, it was her first language.
 
Kol said:
Some people do spell it like that, which is why it's stupid. I've met plenty. There were two Michaels in my school. Me, correctly, and the other, Micheal.
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He was doing a poor attempt at taking the Michael.

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PardonTheWait said:
It makes me cringe when people are called Robb.

So selfish. Someone else could use that B, you don't even need it.
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kids named after cars is what makes me cringe like porsche and Mercedes, normally by some 13 year old chavy. Seriously I envisage going up to one of my old school friends later in life and saying " ahhh is that your kid there? what's his name?" only to get the reply Volkswagen (VW is his nickname obviously). Adds a whole new dynamic to the my dad is better than yours argument I suppose. "my manufacturer is better than yours... but i come with a 10 year warranty"


apologies to any mercedes' in house.
 
SpeedFreak said:
I have to step in here.

My first girlfriend was called Caoimbhe pronounced keave ee
My niece is called Aoife pronounced ee fa
My name in Conor, in Irish it is spelt Conchobhar pronounced crow hur

I hope that clears it up. Just to add, my gran is a native Irish speaker, it was her first language.
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My wife is a native Irish Gaelic speaker.....

Conchobhar, when she says it sounds more like choc-ker with added phlegm. Caoimbh (their spelling) is pronounced Kee-va by everyone, although the wife says that it can be pronounced like Kwee-veh (her gran used the latter)

And Aoife is just like I said, EE-Feh...the Gaelic lexicon also gives that pronunciation amongst others.

If I was to spell it, it would be Eefer.

Like I said, probably just down to regional variation.
 
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