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bara Posted Mon 10 Nov, 2008 1:31 PM |
how to pronounce the name
"Eoin"
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I dunno how to say that.
could you help?
cheers
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Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) Posted Mon 10 Nov, 2008 1:33 PM |
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spid Posted Mon 10 Nov, 2008 1:39 PM |
| owen! |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Mon 10 Nov, 2008 1:41 PM |
Depends... is it English (E-on), Irish (Oh-in), Welsh (Owen)
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spid Posted Mon 10 Nov, 2008 1:45 PM |
Scottish Dubliner wrote: Depends... is it English (E-on), Irish (Oh-in), Welsh (Owen)
Dubz
There's surely no such name in English, Dubz, i've never come across it - and i had a baby names book of 17,000 when thinking of name for my kids (hence an Aislin and a Rhiannon - I was outvoted on Iestyn and Taliasin for Joe!. So yes either of the other two. |
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AbsGinger Posted Mon 10 Nov, 2008 1:47 PM |
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Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) Posted Mon 10 Nov, 2008 1:52 PM |
GARY!!!!! |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Mon 10 Nov, 2008 1:54 PM |
It may not be listed in any books but how many times have you come across people spelling things differently just for the sake of it, it gives them a delusion that they are being clever and their kid won't grow up to spend most of his time in the bookies...
For example...Shaun, (proper spelling.. Sean), alternatives... Shawn, Shawne, Shean, etc.
btw these are all variations on the same name. John, Ian, Owen, Alan, Sean, Eion, Eoghan, Ewan. It's just down to the different areas how it's pronounced or spelled.
Back to the original question...In Ireland it's deffo Oh-in like Owen only softer so if I had to guess I'd say somewhere between the two.
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bara Posted Mon 10 Nov, 2008 1:57 PM |
a thats good to know
thanks a lot
its irish.. means i have to say oh-in... but wheres the difference between owen and oh-in. is there a break in the middle.. or..
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Mon 10 Nov, 2008 2:02 PM |
bara wrote: a thats good to know
thanks a lot
its irish.. means i have to say oh-in... but wheres the difference between owen and oh-in. is there a break in the middle.. or..
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thx
I find the irish pronounce it sorta halfway between Ian and Owen, it's difficult to explain, In Irish there are a lot of "soft" sounds "ch" as in loch or "dh" & "bh" as in Dberbhla (Dervla) for example. Go with Owen he'll be used to it.
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bara Posted Mon 10 Nov, 2008 2:17 PM |
thanks dubz and you all
im gunna try it ;) |
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Peculiar Posted Mon 10 Nov, 2008 7:19 PM |
| In Gaelic it's like ehwn kinda... |
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bara Posted Mon 10 Nov, 2008 7:21 PM |
Peculiar, thanks! thats defo good to know..
cause i think he talks gaelic a lot. thats why i never understand a word when those irish-bless them- talk ^^
i thought it. e-oh-wn like that? |
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AbsGinger Posted Tue 11 Nov, 2008 5:09 PM |
Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) wrote:
is he your dope dealer ? |
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