Comment on Should naming your children stupid names be illegal?

• blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Judged by whom?

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• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Aeigheynneah

  how is that even close to pronounced the same as Anna? most half the word would have to be silent.

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  • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    look up spelling systems of Gaelic languages (e.g. Irish, Scottish Gaelic), that is not too far off

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    • MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      For example Caoimhe, pronounced Keeva.

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      • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Despite having heard the name Siobhan (pronounced Sheh-vaugn), I never saw it written until many years later and in an unrelated circumstance so I assumed it was pronounced “Sigh-Oh-Ban”. Irish names are insanely confusing for anyone who isn’t Irish and I’ll eternally argue there’s no shame in getting one wrong.

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