Since acronyms and initialisms are standardized and remain untranslated, they are only followed by their full spelling in English if the acronym or initialism needs to be explained to the speakers of a different language. In other cases, where the acronym or initialism is rather common, adding ...
As the feminine form of the popular Irish boys’ name Sean, this name means “God is gracious.” The name can also mean “present.” 5 Looking for an Irish baby name? We got them! 22. Shannon This name means “wise river.” The Irish form is Sionainn and it has many spelling vari...
antra martins ( not sure of spelling her accent was strong) when we were playing up or didn’t want to do something. Can you help with the correct spelling . Reply Jen May 13, 2020 at 03:22 PM Dont know about the antra martins bit, but if you tell someone ‘don’t start!’, it...
He was in the region to accept the AOH Sean MacBride Humanitarian Award, which is granted to those who have dedicated themselves to human rights issues. It was sponsored by theAncient Order of Hiberniansand theYoungstown State University Department of History. ...
but now we have the cool and modern Aden. With its simple spelling and meaning of “little fire,” this name is appealing and trendy. You may also recognize it as the name of Irish actor Aden Gillen who plays Littlefinger inGame of Thrones. 52.Braden.Along with other names sharing this...
I don’t know what happened, but Dermot’s analysis does not appear to have become part of what students were taught at UCC. Those students in turn became the mainstay of the Archaeological survey of the 1980s and they labelled Dunnamark (i’m using the OS spelling) a cliff-edge fort...
Brendan Cahill is quite right, of course, about how the fada can change the meaning of a word otherwise spelled the same way in Irish. “Sean” for example means “old”, whereas “Seán” means the name “John”). In this case however, I think that given the context, “Aras an Uac...
Kiley as a first name has two origins. It became popular inAustraliaas Kylie, which was probably coined as a form of Kyle or Kelly, and helped along by the fact that in several aboriginal languages it means "boomerang." Kiley has been used as an alternate spelling since then. This is ...
Take Dublin, for example. It seems there are as many accents in that city as there are people, and many of these accents arewildlydifferent from each other. These differences are found in many parts of Ireland, where it often seems that every village has a totally different way of speaking...
The name Sean has a fada when written in Irish –Seán(Shawn) - which is why the endings of Seán and Siobhán rhyme with “lawn” and not “can.” Another example isAisling– meaning “dream” - which is pronounced Ashling (and sometimes spelled that way too). You’re still wondering ...