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Re: Pronounciation
His parents got it wrong. The Irish name Cillian/KIllian is always Kil- ee-an. I have never heard SIL-ee-an.
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My Last post was to start with the Meaning of the two ll's in cillian there was another word though i forgot it while i was trying to aknowledge something else yep i forgot it and then thought of something else , may be some other time i shall recall my thought of the pernounciation of the word or name of cillian and it is very possible that long before the K was established a Quiet letter and not noticed wait a freeking minute that's write it never was in front and perhaps if studyed a bit more i shall oops find out why irish people are so freakin knuckle headed over stuff that exsist's thought are hard to find oop's again ya i know for sure we DeLancey's have a coat of arm's in ireland though for me spelling has it's up's and downs all ok though hanging in there follow up soon 1:07 p.m.e.s.t.
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I heard the name SIL-EE-AN but it's spelled Cilian
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Wow, so there are a few SIL-EE- ans out there. I have certainly never met one here in Ireland. It's still a wrong interpretation of the name.

This message was edited 5/14/2007, 6:26 AM

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In France it's sil-e-AHN.
Non-English speakers do not tend to use a K-pronunciation when written a C.
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