Veraven@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 4 days agoName for the order?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1766arrow-down118
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minus-squareWilco@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·4 days agoSean is such a weird pronunciation of Shawn.
minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoIf you’re curious: ‘Se’ in Irish is a ‘Sh’ sound. But technically just ‘Sean’ is ‘Shan’, which is the word for ‘old’. There has to be an accent mark to make it proper and a name. ‘Seàn’ is the name, as ‘Shawn’. ‘Sèan’ is ‘Shane’.
minus-squareremote_control_conor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoThe Irish accent goes the other way. Seán is anim dom: My name is Shaun/Shawn/Shaughan/Whatever other spelling pleases your eye or ear. Translated to English, Seán is John.
Sean is such a weird pronunciation of Shawn.
If you’re curious: ‘Se’ in Irish is a ‘Sh’ sound. But technically just ‘Sean’ is ‘Shan’, which is the word for ‘old’. There has to be an accent mark to make it proper and a name.
‘Seàn’ is the name, as ‘Shawn’.
‘Sèan’ is ‘Shane’.
The Irish accent goes the other way.
Seán is anim dom: My name is Shaun/Shawn/Shaughan/Whatever other spelling pleases your eye or ear.
Translated to English, Seán is John.