How on earth can Caoimhe be Keeva?

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My wife was watching Big Brother last night, god only knows why and one of the contestants is called Keeva, but shes irish andits spelt Caoimhe.

Im sorry but that is Kai-oh-me, not keeva. What combination of letters in that name even is a v? I know its gaelic but come on, you can't just change what letters sound like and start saying that mh is v. It's mental
 
I'm sorry sir but you have it back to front, it was the Norman inability to pronounce words properly that left us with the *******isation of a language that is English. Before they came along anyone and their aunty would have known instantly how that name sounded.




N.B. it's entirely possible that I'm talking complete rowlocks here :)

N.B.2 actually it's pretty certain...
 
Don't watch Big Brother, however look at the correct (Irish) spelling of names such as Niamh. The "mh" is pronounced "ve" giving what we English would spell as Neve.

As Steep has mentioned, we *******ised many languages to come up with the English language!
 
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Well thats the other one that gets my goat, how can mh be v? it's mh, it's not v!!!

I pronounce all these silly irish names how they are spelt I take the lead of Harry Hill when he kept calling that boy from x factor Eeog - han Quigg instead of Owen.
 
yep written language is crazy........... a dog lead but lead pipe. Sometimes ~ough is ooo - as is Through, sometimes it is "ow" as in Dough.......

Had a bizarre conversation with some Dutch in a country pub a couple of years back "Excuse me, do you pronouce this (Good Food) "*** Fud" or "goooood fooood"

Try explaining that one!


Why is "G U D" - coming up on the swear filter????????? :shrug:
 
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joescrivens said:
Well thats the other one that gets my goat, how can mh be v? it's mh, it's not v!!!

I pronounce all these silly irish names how they are spelt I take the lead of Harry Hill when he kept calling that boy from x factor Eeog - han Quigg instead of Owen.
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Little bit insulting to the Irish isn't it? It's from their language and it's there way of pronouncing it, the least you can do is to pronounce it how they'd like. :shrug:
 
fabs said:
Little bit insulting to the Irish isn't it? It's from their language and it's there way of pronouncing it, the least you can do is to pronounce it how they'd like. :shrug:
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the irish are thick skinned, they don't take offense easily, I should know my nan is irish! She takes a lot of offending!
 
joescrivens said:
My wife was watching Big Brother last night, god only knows why and one of the contestants is called Keeva, but shes irish and its spelt Caoimhe.
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Perhaps she thinks its Kleeva? ;)





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Bit like "Siobhan" pronounced shivawn.
 
Reminds me of the days of the Empire (not that I was there..) Places around the world forced to have 'British' distortions of their proper names like Bombay or Peking for example. It comes of Brits reading foreign languages as if they were English and getting annoyed when the natives don't tow the line.
 
Just like Mhari up this way. It's pronunced Var-ay. Nothing to get worried about, but if thats all you have to worry about you must have a nice relaxing life!
 
Steep said:
Reminds me of the days of the Empire (not that I was there..) Places around the world forced to have 'British' distortions of their proper names like Bombay or Peking for example. It comes of Brits reading foreign languages as if they were English and getting annoyed when the natives don't tow the line.
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how unfortunate to have been named bombay or peking - what cruel parents! :lol:
 
Milngavie pron. Mill-Guy.
 
From Wikipedia, who of course are never wrong
Caoimhe (pronounced approximately KWEE-və or KEE-və) is an Irish Gaelic given name derived from the Gaelic caomh, meaning beautiful, gentle or precious. It is from the same root as the Irish name Kevin. Its English equivalent is Kevina (pronounced ke-VEE-nə). Pronunciation varies depending on the area of Ireland in which it is used. As of 2005[update], it was ranked 17th among female births in Ireland.[1]
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Shame she's gay I quite fancy her :D
 
ChrisH said:
Shame she's gay I quite fancy her :D
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She's not a lesbian, although it could be said she has a very 'boyish' hairdo. That Shabby (the squatter ****) is a bi-sexual and fancie the Irish lass. The mole is gay also.
 
specialman said:
She's not a lesbian, although it could be said she has a very 'boyish' hairdo. That Shabby (the squatter ****) is a bi-sexual and fancie the Irish lass. The mole is gay also.
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Caoimhe has a boyfriend but she has admitted to fancying girls, just not in a sexual way.
Isn't Ben gay too, Mario is chasing him. I have serious doubts about the welsh minister bloke too.
 
Think Ben is straight, despite his huge campness. Mario is on him like a fly on a turd.

The welsh dude is seriously strange methinks.....
 
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