On 28-1-2016 1:24, clipka wrote:
> Am 28.01.2016 um 00:48 schrieb Jim Henderson:
>
>>> The part where you missed out what your cat is called. :P
>>
>> Ah - the two in question are Fynn (most people don't have a problem with
>> that) and Eiyrt (which proves a lot more challenging for most - one vet
>> tech was so pleased she had it right that we didn't have the heart to
>> tell her she was actually saying it wrong.)
>
> I'd try "Finn" and "Art", hoping that -- as seems to be so often the
> case with Gaelic names -- it's not so much the pronunciation but just
> the orthography that's weird. Such as "Sean" for what is essentially "John".
>

I have long time wondered: why the weird orthography?

-- 
Thomas

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