How is the name Seán pronounced in Ireland?

WeeFalorieMan · **Posted:** Thu 29 May 2014 1:42 pm

Conchúr has got it right (for Munster, anyway) in the link that I posted from Forvo.

WeeFalorieMan · **Posted:** Thu 29 May 2014 2:14 pm

Jay Bee wrote:

Other examples are 'Oisín' being pronounced as 'Oh-sheen' because in British English it would be, thus by default it must be in Hiberno English and therefore in Irish, or where someone believes 'Cormac' is the Irish for 'Charles' etc

It's been a few years ago so my memory may not be perfect on this one, but I remember hearing the "oi" in Oisín being pronounced something like the "oi" in the word droichead by fluent speakers in the Gaeltacht.

Jay Bee · **Joined:** Tue 15 Nov 2011 7:35 am **Posts:** 1098

What I mean is that they would use /oʊ/ or /o:/ ('oh') instead of the short sound that would be expected

WeeFalorieMan · **Posted:** Thu 29 May 2014 2:31 pm

Oh, I see what you mean!

Jay Bee · **Joined:** Tue 15 Nov 2011 7:35 am **Posts:** 1098

The vowel sounds like a schwa but as a lot of vowels in Irish are hardly very clear when not stressed or long, it's not all that important

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