There’s this YouTube channel about aviation that I like. The guy’s name is Ruairidh MacVeigh. The last name is obvious, but his first name is apparently pronounced as ‘Rory’. I would not have gotten that spelling correct in a million years.
Edit: oh and another one that I do know to write and pronounce is Siobhan. That one does NOT sound like what you think it does. Definitely look it up if any readers are not familiar with Irish names.
Irish names are fun. There’s also a good amount of Irish people going for deed poll changing their name from the English spelling to the Irish one and vice versa. A friend of mine went from Noel to Nollaig.
I work with a lot of Irish people and I’ve just got used to the fact that “Smith” is spelled “Smyth” apparently the y is silent and the i is invisible.
There’s this YouTube channel about aviation that I like. The guy’s name is Ruairidh MacVeigh. The last name is obvious, but his first name is apparently pronounced as ‘Rory’. I would not have gotten that spelling correct in a million years.
Edit: oh and another one that I do know to write and pronounce is Siobhan. That one does NOT sound like what you think it does. Definitely look it up if any readers are not familiar with Irish names.
Irish names are fun. There’s also a good amount of Irish people going for deed poll changing their name from the English spelling to the Irish one and vice versa. A friend of mine went from Noel to Nollaig.
I work with a lot of Irish people and I’ve just got used to the fact that “Smith” is spelled “Smyth” apparently the y is silent and the i is invisible.
Re: Edit Lol, a friend of mine has that name. It’s not an easy one if you’re not used to Irish names. ^^