I mean, you quoted me and ignored that I specifically said regardless of my basic ass first name I was addressed and called by my last name throughout my school life because it was easier for teachers to single me out this way. That in effect led to my classmates knowing me as such to the point I graduated high school and THEN some people realized I had a first name.
Regardless of whether it's your intention or not, you are actually arguing for cultural assimilation, just on the grounds of being a "realist". I wouldn't want to give my kid a name that has no cultural meaning to me just because it's common where I live. Part of a kid's identity is their family, which will include their parents cultural heritage, tastes, weirdness and whatnot - and all of that should be reflected in their name. Not what's common.
Hmm....maybe we should be teaching kids not to make fun of things they aren't familiar with? It's possible that the kids will find it interesting or surprising, but making fun or bullying won't happen unless it's in an environment where it's unchecked or encouraged.
Thaanks man this really helps me visualize where the pronounciation comes from. "yeah it's like the consonant sound from *tosses boggle set down the stairs*" after reading your posts in this thread you clearly have huge hangups about the Irish language for some reason, and honestly you need to just talk to your wife about this. She had a similarly Irish name, talk to her about how it impacted her life instead of just making all these weird assumptions on your own.
As has been pointed out, the names are consistent with Irish pronunciation. Irish as a language is quite complex and challenging to learn, but it's highly phonetic and things sound how they're spelt. The rules that govern the pronunciation can be challenging to learn, but any familiarity with Irish makes it very clear how to spell and pronounce the names correctly.
That's good for you and the way it should be ideally. But we have several people in this thread saying that was not their experience. I'm just being realistic. You'd be surprised how much goes unseen in schools. One teachers can't notice everything in a class of 30+ students. Victims often don't speak out etc. Avoiding bullying in a school environment is not an easy task.
But bullies will find a target regardless. I've seen even the most average of average people get picked on. I honestly doubt that the people who make fun of other people's names honestly give a shit what the name is. They're just looking for an excuse to start shit. If it isn't a name, it will be something else, which is why I think it's futile to try and avoid it.
The bolded is true, but in giving those suggestions it's important to consider how it feeds into hibernophobia and the continued oppression of Irish culture. Irish traditions and the usage of the Irish language were heavily suppressed during the United Kingdom's occupation of Ireland.
Put into consideration that Little Timmy and Sarah live less than 50 miles from Ireland in a region that also historically spoke a Gaelic language with similar pronunciations, will grow up seeing Gaelic names on roadsigns and maps, and will take classes in Gaelic throughout their school career. Put into consideration that the OP has asked about this on British football communities where people had so much familiarity with the various Gaelic languages that they would passionately fight about regional pronunciation variations. We're not talking about a Korean guy wanting to name his son Αναστασιος here.
There's nothing that predominant cultures like more than minority cultures self-erasing themselves. It gives the same result as when they used imposition but without the need to dirty their hands.
Exactly.
Yeah, the bolded isn't really a compromise as much as it's quite insulting.
Think of the poor child living with the twenty fifth most common girls name in Ireland.
