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Old 01-04-2014, 07:38 AM #1
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I have trouble with Eoin - I know how it's pronounced but I have a childhood friend whose name is spelled that way but it's pronounced like Iain, which is wrong, but that's his name.
Eoin is pronounced like Owen.

Niamh is Neev, how many more times, MH is pronounced as V in Irish as is BH
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Eoin is pronounced like Owen.

Niamh is Neev, how many more times, MH is pronounced as V in Irish as is BH
I know but my friend's called Eoin "Iain", it always confuses me
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I know but my friend's called Eoin "Iain", it always confuses me
The old Irish translation of "Owen" is actually Eoghan (just to confuse matters even more)
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I still read Niamh as neema. Reading it how's it's pronounced makes me angry.
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if we are on the discussion of names I still read Niall as Neal
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I read it as Nigh-Al ... I don't know if that's right though..
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I always read it as Neem as that is the actual correct way to pronounce it
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