Quoteits my sisters name.
the first one would certainly be the most common Davey - ash-ling. With certain dialects or accents it might sometimes just sound like ashlean.
a variation, aislinn, is prnounced ash-linn or ash-lean
Ok - hearing 2 schools of thought on this.
Ash - ling
Ash - lean
Have heard both pronunciations
Would be grateful if an Irish speaker could give me the correct one. The internet is giving me conflicting answers - anybody have anything definitive?
JERRY: But are you still master of your domain?
GEORGE: I am king of the county. You?
JERRY: Lord of the manor.
its my sisters name.
the first one would certainly be the most common Davey - ash-ling. With certain dialects or accents it might sometimes just sound like ashlean.
a variation, aislinn, is prnounced ash-linn or ash-lean
It's also the girlfriends name and most definitely pronounced Ash-Ling, a lot of people would tend to lean towards ash-lynn too haven't heard ash-lean very often.
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Ashling.
ashling.
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Thanks for replies. Wife is expecting and Aisling was a favoured name. Have ruled it out now as can't be bothered with names that people disagree on pronunciation. Had it already with Caoimhe. Kee-va or quee-va !!!
JERRY: But are you still master of your domain?
GEORGE: I am king of the county. You?
JERRY: Lord of the manor.
When it doubt, just call her Bruce. Noone is ever going to mispronounce that.
my friend caoimhe pronounces it kee-fa
My neice Caoimhe is pronounced Kee-va but every other Caoimhe I know is pronounced kwee-va.Originally Posted by davey
Also my cousin Aisling is pronounced Ashling.
If you really like the name I dont think you should be put off by alternative pronunciations, everyone will finish up calling her Ash anyway!
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Its the vagaries of regional Irish pronuniciation. In the Donegal gaeltacht or general Nordy pronuniciation, its most definitely Ash-Lean.
Just don't move to the UK. I worked with someone called Sile Brid in London and she was known as Silly Bird. As for Siobhan and Sadhbh, god help us......
For Caoimhe, try pronounce each of the vowels all rolled into one sound.
Kee-fa and Kee-va are just wrong. Kwee-va's not a bad approximation, although still not entirely correct (in the same way as the Irish speaking area of the country isn't the Gwayl-tacht).
my cailinalways had a laugh at Siobhan (Syoban), Roisin (Raisin), Aoife (Ayoeefee) and Grainne (Grainy). I told her she was dead right in her pronunciation.
ok - What about Laoise as a name. Leesh-a ? Have you heard the name often ?
JERRY: But are you still master of your domain?
GEORGE: I am king of the county. You?
JERRY: Lord of the manor.
dont think ive ever heard that one - Naoise, yes and Saoirse also but not Laoise.
Laoiseach - Leesha
Laois is Leesh, like the popular tourist destination county. Does the e change it?
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