How do you pronounce "Eoin"

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Geogandhi
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I don't think I have said it out loud in conversation to be honest but I read it in my head as Ee ow in but assume it's Owen. I can't help it. I still Say Moog knowing full well it's mogue.
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23degreesdream wrote:
Techboy wrote:It's deffos owen haha. My girlfriend's name is irish gaelic. Roisin. Pronounced row sheen.
That's a cool name. our baby daughter arrived a few weeks ago and we toyed with alot of irish gaelic names but worried about people having trouble pronouncing - Niamh (Neev) is another one or Siobhan (She-vorn) - great names though
should move to scotland then, the people are much nicer here plus we would be able to pronounce niamh without blinking! :P
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From my research, the Irish pronunciation of Eoin is "Owen". If this paper doesn't explain the issue thoroughly, I don't know what will except verification from Marcus himself:

http://medievalscotland.org/problem/names/iain.shtml
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