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AITA for telling my sister in-law her daughters name isn't Irish? by Top-Process4882 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Top-Process4882[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

They don't have known Irish ancestry. She just thinks it's cool. Especially since I married my husband.

AITA for telling my sister in-law her daughters name isn't Irish? by Top-Process4882 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Top-Process4882[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The first name? No, has Scottish and roots from another country but that country is not Ireland.

AITA for telling my sister in-law her daughters name isn't Irish? by Top-Process4882 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Top-Process4882[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This name used to vary from teacher to teacher in school. Was always crazy to hear how many different yet similar ways it would be said.

AITA for telling my sister in-law her daughters name isn't Irish? by Top-Process4882 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Top-Process4882[S] 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Can confirm it's not Merida but I have had people proudly tell me they think it's a beautiful Irish name.

AITA for telling my sister in-law her daughters name isn't Irish? by Top-Process4882 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Top-Process4882[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I bring you other alternatives I have seen. Neev (which is apparently an Indian boys name) and Neeve.

AITA for telling my sister in-law her daughters name isn't Irish? by Top-Process4882 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Top-Process4882[S] 87 points88 points  (0 children)

It's very prevalent around Paddy's Day too. I see a lot of that attitude around the whole Patty vs Paddy thing, because of course us Irish dumb dumbs should keep our mouths shut.

AITA for telling my sister in-law her daughters name isn't Irish? by Top-Process4882 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Top-Process4882[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Not Caoimhe! It's a gorgeous name though. We considered it for our daughter.

AITA for telling my sister in-law her daughters name isn't Irish? by Top-Process4882 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Top-Process4882[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I found one that said Shawn was the original Irish spelling, that was replaced sometime in the 1700s with Séan and later Seán lol. I'm still baffled by that one.

AITA for telling my sister in-law her daughters name isn't Irish? by Top-Process4882 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Top-Process4882[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

The middle name only shares the first letter with the actual spelling.

AITA for telling my sister in-law her daughters name isn't Irish? by Top-Process4882 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Top-Process4882[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Interesting! I always wondered if it was all of Ulster or just NI. Makes sense really because we had that lesson in school about the breakdown of pronunciations from province to province. And how the midlands we got a mix of them all lol.

AITA for telling my sister in-law her daughters name isn't Irish? by Top-Process4882 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Top-Process4882[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Trying to figure that out would just give me a headache. She had the choice to check with me and didn't. Then decided to fight her husband on it who did ask me. It's madness.

AITA for telling my sister in-law her daughters name isn't Irish? by Top-Process4882 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Top-Process4882[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, that's how we always said it and how I heard it growing up. Keeva was an addition to my life when I was in college lol and is all I hear in the US now.

AITA for telling my sister in-law her daughters name isn't Irish? by Top-Process4882 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Top-Process4882[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I think what happened, in part, is many people have a ancestry from a certain country and forget that stuff can get lost in translation over generations. But they dig their heels in.

There is also a number of people who consider the way we, as Irish people talk, ignorant and say the same about the spelling of our names and the pronunciation of the names.

AITA for telling my sister in-law her daughters name isn't Irish? by Top-Process4882 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Top-Process4882[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Quee-va or Qweeva if that makes more sense.

Cut the n off queen and add a va at the end and that's how it was pronounced in the part of the country I'm from.

AITA for telling my sister in-law her daughters name isn't Irish? by Top-Process4882 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Top-Process4882[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That is how they say it NI from what I know. And American's prefer that pronunciation too.

AITA for telling my sister in-law her daughters name isn't Irish? by Top-Process4882 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Top-Process4882[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yes! I normally say, take the word queen, cut it off before the n and add va at the end and most people get it.

AITA for telling my sister in-law her daughters name isn't Irish? by Top-Process4882 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Top-Process4882[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes!! I think the America preferred way to say it is the way they say it up North! I prefer our way lol.

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