anyone know an equivalent to Butlers?

there are only two UK stores, as far as I know... one near me in Islington ...but they're common in Chermany, and they're GREAT

There are people who pronounce their own names wrong? lol

Oh wait! That's probably so true! My name's Gillian and people ask me how to pronounce it all the time..... because they know people who named their kids that but they pronounce it with a hard 'g' instead of a soft 'g'. It's just weird.

Am I one of those makey-uppey Irish-American people who pronounce their own names wrong? It's not my fault my parents named me after a Blood, Sweat & Tears song!

You're named Lucretia?

That happens to me all the time too. Everyone wants to know if it's pronounced with a hard or soft 'g' yet I've never met a Gillian who pronounces with a hard 'g'. I guess they must be out there though.

I'm a soft 'g' by the way.

Gillian

NO no no, I'm talking about people who think they're name is Ma-HONE-ey as opposed to MAH-huney (Mahoney) or Gall-ag-er as opposed to Gall-a-her (Gallagher) they're the best examples I can think of. Basically it's all Ellis Island's fault. Everyone got re-named there.

And I will have to stop telling people called Colleen that their name just means 'Girl' in Irish. It's not really a name.

I've met a hard-G Gillian... I don't like it much, I have to say

Keep guessing!



Poiteen, do you have it in for me today? That's my middle name.

My co-workers still mispronounce my (Italian) first name. I hate it. Thank god no one has to say my last name - that is always butchered.




There's a lot of those type in America. Some are giant!




Commoner!

Now your just lying!!! I have to admit, that I do know one Irish woman from Ireland called Colleen, maybe it's just my hang up

Poiteen -- it IS my middle name!

I was going to take a picture of the flagpole on our town green for you -- right underneath the American flag flies the Irish one. WTF? I can *just* about handle that in March (actually, I can't at all, just trying to go along with the custom of the country) but today's date is April 16th. April 16th, people!

Sorry, sorry, I am totally OT. And OTT while I'm at it.

Maybe it's in honor of Spike Milligan's birthday?

he was born in India

Meagan?

But your names not even Irish?? I did not mean you.


But I realise that the longer I continue going on about this the more I will hurt people. So I'm stopping now. When I get the the US, I'm going to have to deal with people and their own way of spelling/pronouncing their names, it's their perogative.

It bugs me too...

I'm just hoping that one day people stop pronouncing my name as Tarsha

I am sure I will learn to cope with it though!!!

Oh, it just drives me BATTY!



Ohhhh.


Yes, us Gillians are soft.


Okay, spill Dev! What's your first name?!!


I thought you were saying Poiteen is your middle name. And the Irish flag on your town green is just weird. Are they twinned with a town in Ireland or something?


How do you get Tarsha out of Tasha?

Exactly!!! I have no idea

They do not pronounce rash as rarsh or trash as trarsh so what is up with tash as tarsh???

Tash wins the prize! And okay, it's a makey-uppey Welsh name -- I was having a senior moment yesterday afternoon.

Yay

Poiteen - there's also the phonetically spelled irish names over here like Neve and Shavon. If I was going to give my child an Irish name, I would want the exotic spelling!

Like Siobhan

I went to a school with a Siobhan - often teacher would call her Sigh-O-ban on the first day of school

That's how I thought it was said as well... but then I was only little

Hahah I figured out Niamh, but I actually had No idea what name you were talking about until Jeraly piped up

My OH likes to say Sigh-O-ban just to annoy me, and he pronounces Taoiseach (the Irish PM) Tao-si-ach cos he says that way it sounds like an eastern martial art .

I have an friend named Fiachra - not only do Americans (well, most non-Irish) not know how to spell or pronounce they also assume he is a girl based on his name

I'm always threatening that if we have a boy ever I'll insist on naming it Oisin, my OH simply can't say it properly, it would be hilarious

My friend's girlfriend (both live in Ireland) - her name is Aoife. I can never remember how to pronounce it!

EEE-fa

My Civil Litigation teacher at law school was named Caoimhe. There were a couple of prats in my section who always referred to her as "Cow-mee".

How do you pronounce Taoiseach? Tea-shack?


I used to have a friend, Roisin. It's a beautiful name.

I named my son Kieran. But, sometimes, I wish I'd spelled it Ciaran. But then he would have even had a harder time growing up so I guess Kieran's better.

Sounds Bristolian to me

too close to raisin. Or rosin which brings back the ballet memories....

I went to school with a Ciara. Took everyone awhile to get used to saying Kee-ra.

I know! But that's how I used to remember how to spell it!

Check out this article...I've been to all except the Tattle Tale & Wilson's.

http://gridskipper.com/380275/los-angeles-...in-culver-city#

Was it you that I was having the conversation about Wilsons?


I've been there for lunch - good food (a little pricey though) but I can't see it as a good place to get drunk

i know! But there's not a ton of places in CC, so they were reaching for that posh-er crowd.

They left out the Cozy Inn.

Oh the Cozy Inn is good - but the music is often too loud!

ahh, but the shuffleboard ROCKS.

Where's Maven? When is she moving out here?

ohhhh, she has a plan, but i'll let her give the date

When are you coming??

I'm coming as soon as my job finishes. It's not looking like any time soon at the moment