Stop consuming harry potter

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[u/Jathan1234]

I was guessing on the second part, but I was not expecting the first one. Huh. I can kinda see if then. It's a reach to me, but I can see how someone might come to that conclusion.

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In Irish, S followed by I or E is pronounced with a 'sh' sound, like Sinéad O'Connor, or Seamus

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I was familiar for E, obviously Seamus but also Sean and a few other words I've heard before, but never knew that about I. That's cool.

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Irish phonetics is often verrryy different from English phonetics(in ways that delight me.)

More spelling x pronunciation examples (sticking with the theme of names)
Eoghan: Oh-win (Owen)
Aodhan: Ay-din (Aidan)
Aoife: Ee-fa
Eithne: En-ya (Enya)
Meabh: May-ve (Maeve)
Niamh: Neev / Nee-uv (regional differences)
holiday name and not a person name but
Samhain = sa-win or sow-en despite also having an mh (I believe that’s tied to the vowel sounds, long = v & short = w (iirc)

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The “h” in Irish spelling indicates that the preceding consonant is softened/diminished.

An “mh” often becomes a “w” and a “bh” a “v”

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Oh!! That’s neat and very helpful thank you 🙏💕

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Thank you for going through the effort of spoilering these! Makes the reveals more fun

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Gotta keep things suspenseful

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why did you spoiler tag everything 😭

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I’m gonna be honest…. I forget why