On Thu, 28 Jan 2016 01:24:31 +0100, 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".

Pretty close on the second, and spot on on the first.  Eiyrt is more like 
"Air't" - as a single syllable (as you note).

Jim



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