It's Ashling not Iceling(Aisling)

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orfeboy

orfeboy
Psycho Romeo said:
Where do you think 34th century language comes from?

I believe it's more than reasonable to use modern language as context for figuring out how to pronounce it.
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The name is Aisling. pronounce it Ash-ling. How do you suggest we pronounce Paul exactly? Should we put a 34th century twist on it?

Or maybe I should insist that Edward is pronunced EEEEDWAYRD? No, we can agree that would be daft because
we all know how to pronounce Edward.

Unfortunately, everyone in this country knows very well how to pronounce Aisling which kind of puts your argument in the same perspective and from where we are standing is amusing:).

Aisling is a very old Irish name and comes from an old word that means dream. Your argument brings a smile :)
 
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Seonid

Seonid
Seonid/Seonaid, Siobhan also caused confusion for many years on Vent when you explain it's "Showna" and "Shevorn".
 

Zeeman

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The Gael said:
Yeah..... everyone pronounces it really weirdly. Just thought I'd correct everyone.
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Thanks - though I did figure it out when listening to one of the radio broadcasts a few weeks back. I used to say "Ayling", I now say it correctly :). Glad someone mentioned it though, just in case, enough of us are saying it wrong!

Z...
 

Psycho Romeo

Psycho Romeo
orfeboy said:
The name is Aisling. pronounce it Ash-ling. How do you suggest we pronounce Paul exactly? Should we put a 34th century twist on it?

Or maybe I should insist that Edward is pronunced EEEEDWAYRD? No, we can agree that would be daft because
we all know how to pronounce Edward.

Unfortunately, everyone in this country knows very well how to pronounce Aisling which kind of puts your argument in the same perspective and from where we are standing is amusing:).

Aisling is a very old Irish name and comes from an old word that means dream. Your argument brings a smile :)
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....Uh you do realize that I am advocating it being pronounced 'Ashling' right? That is what my argument is, I think you missed something to have arrived at a different conclusion.
 

Jim Steinman

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To be sure I'm surprised that something like this would generate a forum thread. But to be correct on it, there is different pronunciations for the name that are acceptable. Sometimes, but not always depending on the variant.
 

streki

streki
Quite right OP - Its an Irish name, and it does have a correct pronunciation.

You can all pronounce it how you like, but you're all wrong lol.

Its ASH-LING.
 

Alien

Alien
Oh boy ... it's the Diso/Lave thing all over again.

I read it as A Ling ... as in A (1st letter of the alphabet) and Ling ... the S in Aisling is silent.

And who says it's an Irish name or that how words are pronounced in 1,000+ years are the same as now ... you do understand that the English (and presumably other) language is constantly evolving? The Oxford English Dictionary adds new words every year.

Also, if you had a time machine, and went back to middle ages England, even if you were dressed the same as everyone else, you'd stand out and not understand anyone, because how you and they talk would be completely different ... you'd be burned for witchcraft.

So, to me ... it's A-ling, Disco without the C and Lave as in save.
Glad we got that sorted out. Word. Innit. :D
 
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orfeboy

orfeboy
Alien said:
Oh boy ... it's the Diso/Lave thing all over again.

I read it as A Ling ... as in A (1st letter of the alphabet) and Ling ... the S in Aisling is silent.

And who says it's an Irish name or that how words are pronounced in 1,000+ years are the same as now ... you do understand that the English (and presumably other) language is constantly evolving? The Oxford English Dictionary adds new words every year.

Also, if you had a time machine, and went back to middle ages England, even if you were dressed the same as everyone else, you'd stand out and not understand anyone, because how you and they talk would be completely different ... you'd be burned for witchcraft.

So, to me ... it's A-ling, Disco without the C and Lave as in save.
Glad we got that sorted out. Word. Innit. :D
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What do you mean "who says its an Irish name?"

It is.

The same as William is a German name.

Or Jesus is Jewish.

And the English language is completely irrelevant to this subject.

Its an Irish word from the Irish language. You stamping your linguistic rights upon it does not make it so.

It is what it is.

Fact.
 
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Alien

Alien
orfeboy said:
What do you mean "who says its an Irish name?"

It is.
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Oh I'm so sorry ... let's all change how we pronounce words to wherever they original from. Instead of saying Parliment, say Parlez-mon, because Parliment is a French word.
Just because a character in the game has a name that the word originates from somewhere, does not dictate how it's pronounced.

Insisting how people are supposed to say Aisling is a waste of time. You may as well dictate to the Americans how to pronounced half their words.

Give up and accept people will say it how they feel most comfortable.
 
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orfeboy

orfeboy
Alien said:
Oh I'm so sorry ... let's all change how we pronounce words to wherever they original from. Instead of saying Parliment, say Parlez-mon, because Parliment is a French word.
Just because a character in the game has a name that the word originates from somewhere, does not dictate how it's pronounced.

Insisting how people are supposed to say Aisling is a waste of time. You may as well dictate to the Americans how to pronounced half their words.

Give up and accept people will say it how they feel most comfortable.
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If parliament was spelled 'Parlez-mon' like you say then that is EXACTLY how we would say it.

Aisling is pronounced Ashling because it is written and spelled in Irish!

That is how the word is spelled and that is how you pronounce it.

You can say the words 'moon man' when you see Aisling if you like, but it still does not change the truth or make your argument valid.

you are obviously an English speaker. I am an Irish speaker.

If I argued with you that an English name like 'Egbert' should be pronounced 'Arnold' you would see the madness of it wouldn't you?

Well that is where I am standing...
 
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Commander Starcloak

Commander Starcloak
Alien said:
Oh I'm so sorry ... let's all change how we pronounce words to wherever they original from. Instead of saying Parliment, say Parlez-mon, because Parliment is a French word.
Just because a character in the game has a name that the word originates from somewhere, does not dictate how it's pronounced.

Insisting how people are supposed to say Aisling is a waste of time. You may as well dictate to the Americans how to pronounced half their words.

Give up and accept people will say it how they feel most comfortable.
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This is what I've been saying, seeing as how the game is set in 3301, and don't forget the "quirky Achenar accent"!

There are people NOW who give their children names from one language but pronounce it completely differently. And yes I do think pronunciation will be different in 1300 years time.

Oh, and by the way, William is not a German name, it's an English name. Wilhelm is a German name. Guillaume is a French name. Willem is a Dutch name. The point is we can all take what is basically the same name and come up with a wide variation in pronunciation and spelling. None of them are "wrong" as such. Especially not with a personal name, where people can choose to be called whatever they want.
 
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