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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's recap. The Irish on the thread all say 'no'. There Americans are familiar with a range of names, for various reasons-- Siobhan, Sinead, Aoife, etc. Deirdre and Fiona were probably terribly strange at one time.... I say name with the true spelling. The more exposed, the more they become more "familiar" names to everyone! I have faith that we can learn.[/quote]

Deirdre and Fiona are pronounced pretty much the.way they are spelled. A name that seems totally to invent sounds is just ridiculous.[/quote]

Wow, [b]so Celtic is ridiculous[/b]. OK. [/quote]

Not PP, but I don't think she's saying that Celtic is ridiculous.  However, to an American not familiar with Celtic grammar or alphabet or phonics, then names where the letters we see do not correspond at all to the pronunciations used in this country and its primary language may seem to be overly creative or made-up, even though they aren't.

This child is going to be raised an American, in America, in a land where English and Spanish are the majority languages.  Celtic is such a far outlier that it will be very challenging for this child.[/quote]

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