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TopTen
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10/05/2010 12:02 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 1 of 14 in Discussion |
| Could you please tell me how this is pronounced "Ceilidh" |
Jeannie
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10/05/2010 12:03 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 2 of 14 in Discussion |
| TopTen
Kaylee??
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biglugs
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10/05/2010 12:12 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 3 of 14 in Discussion |
| shall a lee |
TopTen
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| Thank you Jeannie by the way are you the one with the light brown hair, that every one dreams of. |
Jeannie
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| TopTen
If only 
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dublinderm
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10/05/2010 13:41 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 6 of 14 in Discussion |
| Hi,
Jeannie has the pronunciation spot on.
The word is becoming popular as a first name for girls in Ireland with the spelling Ceilidh.
DD |
Jeannie
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10/05/2010 14:13 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 7 of 14 in Discussion |
| dublinderm - thank you for your confirmation.
With regard to the spelling of girls names in Ireland, I think it's a shame that some of the traditional names are now being spelt in 'the modern way', e.g. Niamh is now being spelled as Neeve, because that is how it is pronounced.
Still some lovely names though.
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dublinderm
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10/05/2010 15:01 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 8 of 14 in Discussion |
| Jeannie,
How right you are.
The Irish (Gaelic) alphabet does not contain the letters J, Q, V, W, X, or Z. So mh = v, but so does bh as in Siobhan.
We just like to keep things nice and complicated.
DD |
No1Doyen
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| What happened to good old 'katleen' ) |
TopTen
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10/05/2010 15:26 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 10 of 14 in Discussion |
| What fabulous names, how would you pronounce Padraig |
Jeannie
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10/05/2010 15:30 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 11 of 14 in Discussion |
| Bill - My Mum's sister's name - Kathleen - but always called 'Katleen' by her Nan.
DD - am I correct in thinking that the correct pronunciation of 'Grainne' is 'Gronya' (or something similar)?
Thanks.
J |
dublinderm
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10/05/2010 15:33 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 12 of 14 in Discussion |
| Jeannie and TopTen,
Padraig is pronounced Paw'd rig.
Grainne is Graw Nyah.
The first a in each name should have an accent over them called a FADA. This is the Gaelic for long, so the vowel gets stretched.
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Carndi
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10/05/2010 19:28 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 13 of 14 in Discussion |
| My grandaughters are named Aela ( Ella ) and the youngest is Niamh ( Neeve ) and they are lovely names. |
Jeannie
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| Carndi
Lovely named indeed. The one that fascinates me is 'Aoife' - eefa???
Thanks
Jean |
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