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Peaches-n-Cream

12-31-2005 02:49 PM

Re: Re: Re: forenames (first names)

Quote:

Originally posted by honeychile
Okay, I can said something like five words in Gaelic (Nollag Dhuit, btw!), but I get confused with the "sh" sound - how does Siobhan get to be pronounced "Chev-on"? And how are Maeve & Mairead pronounced?

I honestly think that some parents who were saddled with common names as kids go out of their way to make their own children's name a little different to make them stand out. Unfortunately, it just makes them look like poor spellers (or worse!).

And Erik, yes, genealogy DOES personalize history! I intend to make it my second career!

Siobhan is pronounced Shiv-awn.
S=Sh sound bh=v sound

Maeve is pronounced Mayv One syllable. It is also spelled Maebh.

Mairead is pronounced Mawr-aid.

RedRoseSAI

12-31-2005 10:20 PM

Re: ximenez

Quote:

Originally posted by Erik P Conard

The words borrowed from other languages does indeed
complicate things, and like the cited 'champagne' one, a
strange pronunciation of the word may be offered just to
show all that that person is 'well-traveled.'

Yes, you're correct Erik. The Spanish started pronouncing the X as "sh" merely to show that I am well traveled. Thanks, Spaniards! You may now go back to pronouncing "X" in an Erik-approved manner.

Erik P Conard

01-01-2006 11:46 AM

thank you, eye-o-tah

The Erik-approved pronunciation of the Spanish X goes back a
bit further in Spanish, and whether I or you like it or not, it is
a fact.
Erik P Conard, A.M., Spanish Linguistics, U of IL, 1965

honeychile

01-01-2006 12:06 PM

Okay, let's try this one out: Oaxaca, Mexico. If you've been there, you know it's Wah-HAW-ca, May-E-co.

Just like English, many letters/dipthongs have different sounds.

RedRoseSAI

01-01-2006 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by honeychile
Okay, let's try this one out: Oaxaca, Mexico. If you've been there, you know it's Wah-HAW-ca, May-E-co.

honeychile, please stop offering up strange pronunciations just to show all that you are well-traveled.

</sarcasm>

honeychile

01-01-2006 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by RedRoseSAI
honeychile, please stop offering up strange pronunciations just to show all that you are well-traveled.

</sarcasm>

Well travelled?! Me?! Now I'll be laughing all day!

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