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Thread #55551   Message #864814
Posted By: GUEST
11-Jan-03 - 07:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: Man's name or woman's name?
Subject: RE: BS: Man's name or woman's name?
Thats right. Eithne and Aine are the same name, pronounced the same way, but spelled differently, as I also explained above. Enya is a merely her handler's attempts to anglicize the spelling to make it appear to English speakers in such a way as they might have a stab at actually pronouncing it correctly. This matters a great deal for things like air play on radio. You don't want pronounciation of the name to be an impediment to the music getting played, and to create name recognition.