# Irish name pronunciation help

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-name-pronunciation-help/103093>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 11, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-name-pronunciation-help/103093 "2002-04-11T20:13:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-name-pronunciation-help/103093/21 "2002-04-12T13:44:34Z")

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Or anything in it.

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**Author:** ![ronan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ec8ea/32.png) [@ronan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ronan)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-name-pronunciation-help/103093/22 "2002-04-12T13:47:32Z")

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Of course I mean Wouldn’t not would in my previous post. 🙂

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**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-name-pronunciation-help/103093/23 "2002-04-12T14:40:01Z")

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Ok, so Ethna and Eemer it is.

Thanks, guys! I appreciate your help.

**Ruadh** , your name is pronounced “roy,” is it not?  
…durned Gaelic and its non-phonetic spelling…

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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-name-pronunciation-help/103093/24 "2002-04-12T14:47:30Z")

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Rue-ah

Don’t worry about it **gallows fodder** I was thought the launguage for 8-10 years and still don’t have a clue about it.

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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-name-pronunciation-help/103093/25 "2002-04-12T15:02:21Z")

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:rolleyes:

**Taught**  
**Taught**  
**Taught**  
**Taught**  
**Taught**  
**Taught**

I’ve only spoke English for 31 years years. That’s my excuse 🙂

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**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-name-pronunciation-help/103093/26 "2002-04-12T17:05:14Z")

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gallows, _mo chara_, “phonetic” doesn’t mean “pronounced the way an English speaker would pronounce it”, you know 😉

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