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Aoibhe Skye

Edgy MD Mar 08 2013 04:46 PM

Facebook reporting a new arrival for Dublin hotshots Mr. and Mrs. Duan: Aoibhe Skye, pictured here with big sister Siena. I take it from the ankle bracelet monitor that little angel is already boosting cars. Congrats to Duan and Hilary.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 08 2013 04:52 PM Re: Aoibhe Skye

Very nice! How would one pronounce "Aoibhe"?

Frayed Knot Mar 08 2013 04:54 PM Re: Aoibhe Skye

Benjamin Grimm wrote: How would one pronounce "Aoibhe"? With a brogue

themetfairy Mar 08 2013 05:04 PM Re: Aoibhe Skye

Mazel Tov Duan and family!

Edgy MD Mar 08 2013 05:21 PM Re: Aoibhe Skye

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Very nice! How would one pronounce "Aoibhe"? Usually "Eva," but I think it's also gone down as "Eve" and "Ava."

Benjamin Grimm Mar 08 2013 05:23 PM Re: Aoibhe Skye

Edgy MD wrote: Usually "Eva," but I think it's also gone down as "Eve" and "Ava." Wow... If I had a thousand guesses I still would never have gotten it right.

seawolf17 Mar 08 2013 05:38 PM Re: Aoibhe Skye

Helluva good day for a birthday, methinks.

TransMonk Mar 08 2013 06:34 PM Re: Aoibhe Skye

Woo hoo!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 08 2013 06:55 PM Re: Aoibhe Skye

Edgy MD wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Very nice! How would one pronounce "Aoibhe"? Usually "Eva," but I think it's also gone down as "Eve" and "Ava." No way.

metirish Mar 08 2013 07:43 PM Re: Aoibhe Skye

Congrats Duan and family....they're fit for the cover of Hot Press Beautiful name....

RealityChuck Mar 08 2013 09:02 PM Re: Aoibhe Skye

Congratulations!

Vic Sage Mar 08 2013 09:14 PM Re: Aoibhe Skye

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Very nice! How would one pronounce "Aoibhe"? Usually "Eva," but I think it's also gone down as "Eve" and "Ava." No way. It's like they make this shit up as they go, right? throw some random collection of vowels and a few consonants against the wall, and tell everybody its pronounced "Fred". Yer not fooling anybody, ya know. congrats!

TheOldMole Mar 09 2013 01:10 AM Re: Aoibhe Skye

Beautiful picture.

Edgy MD Mar 11 2013 03:14 PM Re: Aoibhe Skye

Aspirate a B and it comes out with a V sound. The aspiration was done historically by placing a dot over the consonant and you'd get "Aoiḃe." Aspirating a consonant by instead putting an H after it was really just a concession to the English way of doing things, as they (and we) use in an H to aspirate the G in words like ENOUGH, or both the T and the G in THOUGHT, so don't blame the Irish. You've seen the construction before in girls' names such as "Siobhan" and "Maebh." You get a similar sound aspirating an M in the likes of "Niamh."