Saoirse

[Maydup]

How do you pronounce the name Saoirse?

[barry1010]

Sur-sha.  The last syllable is similar to the last in inertia

[naomi24]

I wouldn't have a clue.  I've never heard of it.

[elliemay1]

I pronounce it Seer sha

[davebro3]

an oddball isn't it🙄

[elliemay1]

It's Gaelic for 'freedom' and is quite common in Ireland 

[Maydup]

Thanks all. I didn't know where to start with the bane! 

Soairse Ronan 

You'll recognise the actor Naomi. In Atonement when she was 13, and in Brooklyn etc. New film called Outrun just released. 

[Maydup]

Bane? Name!

[Maydup]

Just remembering Ammonite, that was a very good film of hers.

[sandyRoe]

Saor sha

[Peter Pedant]

It's Gaelic for 'freedom' and is quite common in Ireland 

yeah foo - when the gallant Irish drove the British back to their own shores ( 1922 that is) they used George V stamps with 

Saorstat Eireann over stamped ( in that quaint Irish-y script)

( no Gaelic word for republic as they didnt have them in olden times)

saorstat - free state- geddit?

[Peter Pedant]

Yeah you know Dorsetshire?  well if you had a county Sore

then it wouild be Sore-shire - just like  Saoirse

( er -Shire often comes out like Shuh)

[Pete65]

Sersha.

[barry1010]

There is a narrowboat with that name, I've seen it a few times.

[douglas9401]

Is four the maximum number of pronunciations then?

[Vagus]

I've always been led to believe it's pronounced

sore sha

but what do I know....

[barry1010]

Lots of names our pronounced differently in different regions.  My sister's name (Patricia) was always pronounced Patreesha by the family; Patrisha down south.

I have heard Michael pronounced Moi-cul many times by some Irish speakers.   

[elliemay1]

In Gaelic (where the name originates) there 3 different dialects: Ulster, Munster and Connaught so it depends where you are from 

[elliemay1]

^ ...there are ...

[Maydup]

No doubt there's an Irish and an English accent pronunciation.

For example I wouldnt call Michael Moy-cul unless I was impersonating an Irish accent. 

[Tilly2]

Ben made a pig's ear out of pronouncing 'bodhran' on Tipping Point this week. You'd think he would have found out how to pronounce it!