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18:29, Sat, Jun 15, 2024 Updated: 18:29, Sat, Jun 15, 2024 Social media users have erupted into a heated online debate on a name a popular dictionary identified as the "hardest" to pronounce.

(CNN) — Do you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your Muirgheal? To the untrained eye, Irish names can seem like a daunting ambush of gibberish. That’s because while the Irish ...

When it comes time for parents to decide on a name for their new bundle of joy, there is the age-old question of whether to consider picking a name based on how easy it is to pronounce. With more ...

Farai Chideya and producer Christopher Johnson read from your letters. Today's topics include our Sex and Sexuality series and several ways to say a classic Irish name. It is time again for your ...

A name is the first and probably the most important gift that parents can ever bestow upon their newborns. For many Irish around the world, choosing a name for their child that reflects Irish ...

When we previously put out a list of the most mispronounced Irish names the response from our readers was astounding. It seems to be a pet peeve of the Irish that our names go mispronounced all the ...

There are a number of Irish names that leave us all confused when it’s time to say them out loud. However one surprising Irish moniker reigns as the most mispronounced in the world. Names like Saorise ...

Do you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your Muirgheal? To the untrained eye, Irish names can seem like a daunting ambush of rogue consonants and surprise vowels. That’s because ...

Story and audio by Maureen O’Hare, illustrations by Leah Abucayan, CNN (CNN) — Do you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your Muirgheal? To the untrained eye, Irish names can seem ...