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[Mad_Jack]

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)...

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

for the first time in five months I actually have hot water again.

We have multiple breaks in our hot water pipes under our slab...for the second time in 8 years. We’re currently waiting on an insurance check to start work on a whole-house repipe.

While not as long as your ordeal, we’ve had no hot water since early May, and because of the way these things get scheduled, we’re looking at waiting another two or four weeks before the repairs will begin.

 

[Aeson]

My pen is sticky.


That is all.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

My pen is sticky.


That is all.

Pen? For writing or an enclosure?

 

[Aeson]

Pen? For writing or an enclosure?

I keep a Sharpie in the car for work. I picked it up last night, and it was sticky.

 

[Dog Moon]

Kurt Cobain left us with so many unanswered questions.

And my all-time favorite song.

 

[Dog Moon]

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.

Is it... Shawn?

But seriously, if you have never heard Sean being pronounced, you're most likely going to pronounce it wrong. It does NOT rhyme with Bean, which is how I think I pronounced the name when I first saw it (to be fair, I was ridiculously young at the time; wasn't even familiar with Sean Connery yet). Although I agree, unless you are as young as I was, that name should be easy to pronounce.

I had a friend in grade school. I will NEVER understand how his name could be spelled Txheej but it's pronounced Tang... like the drink.

I also loved the story about the lady at the airport who was made at the TSA agents making fun of her six year old child. Her child's name was pronounced approximately Absidy... but it was spelled Abcde.

And other people are worse because they take common names with common spellings and add random letters and stuff to make that name more unique. Like using Klowee instead of Chloe. Like, no... just, no. Ugh...

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

My mom and all 4 grandparents were teachers at various levels, and occasionally talked about some of the names the encountered.

The oddest one: a family gave their kid a “good, Biblical name”, pronounced “Pislem Siv”. Don’t recognize it? It’s spelled “Pslm Civ”, which is the abbreviation for Psalm 104 (written with Roman numerals).

 

[Dog Moon]

My mom and all 4 grandparents were teachers at various levels, and occasionally talked about some of the names the encountered.

The oddest one: a family gave their kid a “good, Biblical name”, pronounced “Pislem Siv”. Don’t recognize it? It’s spelled “Pslm Civ”, which is the abbreviation for Psalm 104 (written with Roman numerals).

I feel like something like that would be clever for an RPG character, but not for a real person.

 

[Aeson]

I remember seeing the post about a girl named Le-a. I then checked Snopes.

FACT CHECK: Is This Child's Name for Real?

The tale of a mother who names her child 'Le-a,' which she insists be pronounced 'Ledasha.'

www.snopes.com