Hello and welcome to British English with Joel and Lia
today we're going to
be reading out some Irish names that we've found really difficult and we know
that other English people get this wrong all the time
yeah we're just going to go through some of those names that we've come across
in this video so the first one is very confusing
it's (Neeve) I want to say 'Naomi' Niamh. There's no V in it
But we say Neeve Neeve bizarre really weird, yeah all of them in this
video are gonna be like mind blowing for you if you've not got loads of Irish mates
but I wonder do Irish people think that our names are weird or do they think
they're really basic okay the next one is Siobhan so Siobhan is actually spelled
like this Siobhan and everyone I know who is called Siobhan has
experienced the funniest sort of I always say like what do you get? What
do you get? they're like 'see-ob-han' 'sio-pan' like all sorts, so funny.
if that was me I just have to spell it the way it said. SHUH-VORN. I can't believe I ever
got annoyed when people would say 'Leaya'. Yeah, Irish people have had to deal with so
much worse I know I get it as well with Joel people like Joelle and I'm like it's not Joelle
And always on the phone I'm like Joel and they're like John right I'm like no Joel they're like John oh
my gosh this isn't hard. Why is your name... your name's quite niche it's quite weird really
coz again it's a bit like this, it's spelt like you should say Joelle but it's not
it's Joel. I don't know any other Joel's
Oh no I do. I don't like other Joels, I'm the only Joel. You're my top Joel thank you. The next
one is Saoirse like Saoirse Ronan she gets called probably, 'sai-er-se' 'saucy'
'Soy sauce Ronan'
Poor girl. Amazing actress in a really big film
called Brooklyn which you should watch if you haven't seen.
Saoirse Ronan Saoirse I'm sure there's plenty of other Saoirse's out there but
the most famous one is Saoirse Ronan yeah okay so the next Irish name that we've
come across is Ciaran but spelled like this
Chi-aran. Ciaran can be spelled like this like this
even like this all very different spellings but it's all Ciaran.
so don't get confused Kieran with Cian like Cian Twomey
the famous Facebooker I haven't seen him for
ages yeah he is very funny, very funny guy. Does impressions of his girlfriend on Facebook, you will have seen him.
the next one is not 'Sin-ee-ad', it's Sinead, Sinead O'Connor yeah
Sinead lots of famous Sinead's, the only one I can think of is Sinead O'Connor. I was thinking of Shania Twain but that's not the same thing
yes Sinead. Moving on, the next one is... but it's spelled granny yeah
The next one I find really funny. I need to stop, it's not funny.
is Grainne, but it's spelled like granny - it is spelled that way! I really love the name Grainne (Gron-ya)
the only time I've ever heard it was on last season of The Apprentice and
I just really liked it, Grainne. I love that name, Gron-ya!
Not 'Grainy' 'Granny' That's the funniest one, that really tickles me. If there's any Grainne's watching I'm really sorry, it just tickled me a lot. Forgive her please!
also I think it'd be a really good greeting for hello, 'Gron-ya'
The next one is Aoife which, how do you say it? Ayfie.... it's pronounce 'eee-fa'. I used to think that this was 'Fiona' spelled backwards. I've got the giggles! I'm sorry it's not funny, it's a real Irish name and I need to be able to take it seriously.
So the next one is Donnchadh. not Donchad. I know a Donnchadh
You used to live with one didn't you? No, just my friend yeah, but we'd always just called him Donchad.
just for fun, or Don. Yeah, Don was his name which sounds a little bit like
the English name Dawn yeah cuz that's how their accent Don, Dawn, Don, Dawn
The next one's a little bit easier it's
Seamus Seamus like in, is there one in Harry Potter there is a Seamus in Harry Potter. Spelled
See-mus I also do comedy with a Seamus so I've kind of forgotten that
that's like a difficult name Seamus Seamus next one is Eoin which can
be spelled two different ways but both of them are really confusing like 'ee-oin'
the English way would be Owen. But Irish like to be difficult. And the last one is Mauve which is pronounced
'May-ve', not maa-ayvre. Manouver. So guys that's our best
attempt at sort of pronouncing Irish names that we've come across I think we
got all of them right let us know in the comments if we didn't. And like we said if you know any more
names please also write them below and I'm gonna call my firstborn daughter
Grainne. Congratulations you're gonna be the Godmother, aw I'm gunna be Grainne's Godmother!
And you'll be like hey Grainne the first time I heard your name was when I sat on a bed making
fun of Irish names. Grainne, I tried to get you a bracelet that said Grainne on it but they didn't
have it in the shop they made a typo so it says Granny. if you liked this video then
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