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HelpRe: Please vote in my polls and comment if you'd like
in reply to a message by Amor de Nombres
Thanks! That was definitely the most challenging category. Glad you liked them. :0)
Niamh is technically "NEE-uv" in Irish. (My mother was born and raised in County Cork. We visited a lot when I was growing up. So I have a special yen for Irish names and ask my cousins about them. Caveat: Southern accents like Cork may be different to other parts.) When spoken at normal speed, it's more like "neev."
"Nee-vee" sounds like a nickname for Niamh, like Evie for Eve / Eva. But that's just a guess. And I would think it would be spelled more like Nevie / Neevie than Niamh.
Niamh is technically "NEE-uv" in Irish. (My mother was born and raised in County Cork. We visited a lot when I was growing up. So I have a special yen for Irish names and ask my cousins about them. Caveat: Southern accents like Cork may be different to other parts.) When spoken at normal speed, it's more like "neev."
"Nee-vee" sounds like a nickname for Niamh, like Evie for Eve / Eva. But that's just a guess. And I would think it would be spelled more like Nevie / Neevie than Niamh.
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