Mad_Jack
Legend
This one was always weird for me. Saoirse. And then I played a game with a character with this name: Niamh. I apparently pronounced that character's name WAY wrong the entire time. Apparently the "mh" is supposed to make a "v" sound. Sometimes, things really need a pronunciation guide.
Yup - SEER-sha and Neev (or Nee-iv)... Irish names can be a <bleep> to pronounce if you don't know Gaelic. Roisin (Ro-SHEEN), Orfhlaith (Orla), Mairead (Ma-RAY-id), Tadhg (Tygh or Teeg), Oisin (Oh-SHEEN), Dearbhla (Dervla), Caoimhe (Kweeva or Keeva), Sadhbh (Sive, rhymes with five), Aine (Awnya), Aoife (Eefa), Naoise (Neesha), Blaithin (Blaw-heen), Blathnaid (Blaw-nid), Eithne (Etna or Enya), Grainne (Grawnya)...
Hell, I share the same spelling of my first name with both a legendary 007 actor and a world-famous rap star whose world-famous clothing brand has his name all over it, and people can't figure out how to pronounce my damn four-letter, one-syllable name. God forbid they try to pronounce my last name, in which each of the two syllables are pretty much spelled phonetically - in fact, "Two" actually is the first syllable of my last name, and yet nobody can figure out how to pronounce it fer crap's sake, lol.
Oy.
Okay, so... In other news, Jack now has a crappy second-shift job at a place called Acme Wire, making things like the wire faceguards on sports helmets, and has caught up to his monthly bills - for the first time in five months I actually have hot water again. Now I just need to get my internet restarted (if I can ever get a real person on the phone)...
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