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Thread #15961   Message #145893
Posted By: alison
07-Dec-99 - 02:11 AM
Thread Name: Help: Gaelic words
Subject: RE: Help: Gaelic words
I like the name...

It is pronounced Kay-lee..... the 'd' is silent as is the 'h'.

( Marillion did a nice song called Kayleigh in the 80's... maybe she'd like to hear a song with her name in it .. even if it is spelt differently.)

I was talking to a teacher friend the other night. He told me the reverse of this story...... The child had grown up being called "Seen" by his mum... it was only when he went to school and the teacher called his name out as "Sean" (Shawn) that he found out how it was meant be pronounced..... his mum had read the name in a book and thought it looked nice......

slainte

alison