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I guess it could be just getting lost in the shuffle with Netflix not really having a reason to heavily promote it.
Irish stuff baffles me most of the time. Saoirse is "Sher-sha"? How do you even figure that out?
It's not 'Ke...'
It's 'Ki...'
It's a hard C but the rest is as it looks.
Source - I am Irish
I am ignorant. I was saying it with the 's" sound, like I say the Celtics in america. the "selltics".
Sorry scarecrow, I have been doing you wrong.
Sorry scarecrow, I have been doing you wrong.
idk if this is just a running gag or something? But why would y'all go the nonsensical route and make THAT connection when "Kilian/Killian/Cillian" is an actual name and we have "Krillin" (which my brain always goes to w/ Cillian Murphy's name, for some reason even as far back as 28days)? That's just so funny, to me. lol
No it's way underrated and I don't get it. The show is wonderful, amongst the best on US netflix I'd say.
If this thread is spreading awareness of Peaky Blinders, so fooking be it. Best gangster show on Netflix. Don't be put off by the cartoony name.
An argument cynically circumscript yet certainly circular as a centuries-old cyst in Cincinnati.
If it was pronounced with a hard C his name would be Killian Murphy, idc what his creator intended god damnit.
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Because of the way it's spelled and Common English/American pronunciations?
People tend to forget that the same letters don't get pronounced the same way in all languages and Irish names REALLY throw people off.
I used to pronounce it "Sillian" too (after having seen him in 28 Days Later and Batman Begins) until I saw a commercial for Red Eye and the voice-over guy pronounced it "Killian".
That is mixing the S sound from Scotland and the Irish Celtic.
No ones joking here, Jo-quinn..... Phoenix
I know it's pronounced Joaquin.Wakeen
Damn had to look that one up again lmao
Sur-sha. Yea ok.
That's how Saoirse Ronan pronounces it, but wouldn't be the most common Irish pronunciation of it from my experience. The most common would be "Seer-sha", or "Say-or-sha". Different dialects in different regions, and all that.
Saoirse Ronan has done a disservice to other Saoirses by implying hers is the correct and only pronunciation. And in my part of the country, we slag her off for it mercilessly.
lol even Irish people have problems with pronouncing Irish names sometimes. There is also many ways of spelling the same name: Sadhbh, Saibh, Sadbh, Sadhb, Sive. Same with Tadhg ( Tadgh,Tadg).
My kid is l;earning Irish at the moment, thank god my wife has decent Irish and can help her. I've only a smattering of words.
Just dont say St Pattys day and we're cool.
My kid is l;earning Irish at the moment, thank god my wife has decent Irish and can help her. I've only a smattering of words.
Just dont say St Pattys day and we're cool.
I did the same when first reading The Lord of the Rings many moons ago with the names Celeborn, Cirdan and Celebrimbor.
As for Cillian, he should be cast as Sauron in Amazon's LOTR TV show.
As for Cillian, he should be cast as Sauron in Amazon's LOTR TV show.
Cillian is also great in The Wind that Shakes the Barley about the Irish civil war, close to the time period of Peaky Blinders too.
-ce- or -ci- always sounds like /s/ in the vast majority of English accents and variants.
About 2.50 into the video. A lot of Irish name pronunciations seem impossible without someone telling you how to do it beforehand
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"Siobhan" was one I said wrongly in my teen years. Also been saying "cillian" wrong as well up until a couple years ago
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"Siobhan" was one I said wrongly in my teen years. Also been saying "cillian" wrong as well up until a couple years ago
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Wait till you discover Icelandic names, it's like reading Edda that's still being written in the new millenia.
He would actually be a great choice for that, there's something about his look that can be a bit creepy and unsettling, and he's a great actor with the range to pull it off.
Reminds me of people pronouncing Mads Mikkelsen's first name wrong, hah. The d in his name is silent.