How do you pronounce "Eoin"
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:40 am
Owen? Ewan? Ian? I'm stumped.
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Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:43 am
It's pronounced Owen i believe
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:46 am
Yes, although this does mean Marc Owen is a member of BOC.... 
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 1:30 pm
Why thank you.It's pronounced Owen i believe
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 1:57 pm
ee o inn
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 2:37 pm
lolthepastinsidepressant wrote:ee o inn
Eeeoowwwwinnn
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 4:29 pm
I always assumed it was said just as it's spelt: "Ee-oyn"
Looking into it now it appears it's usually just pronounced as Owen after all. Hm.
Looking into it now it appears it's usually just pronounced as Owen after all. Hm.
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 5:10 pm
it is indeed, i was just playing 
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 5:22 pm
Eyoiyoiyoin
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 7:19 pm
I thought it was maybe "Wan" but I've never really heard the name before ever
edit: oops wikipedia knows http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eoin
edit: oops wikipedia knows http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eoin
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 7:42 pm
It's pronounced "win", like that Vietnamese name Nguyen.
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:16 am
I think it sounds better like that!Yeah That's Right wrote:I always assumed it was said just as it's spelt: "Ee-oyn"
I figured it was something like 'Owen' on the assumption that it was a Scottish Gaelic pronunciation; those names aren't always as they seem when written down... One of my favourites is 'Ceilidh'.
The most time I spent fretting over a pronunciation (without having looked it up) was probably 'Autechre'.
And then once I figured that out, the next step was how to pronounce the song titles...
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:20 am
it's pronounced Eon, like the time between LPs
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:46 am
seanandcandy wrote:it's pronounced Eon, like the time between LPs
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 6:58 am
It's deffos owen haha. My girlfriend's name is irish gaelic. Roisin. Pronounced row sheen.
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:41 pm
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 thoughTechboy wrote:It's deffos owen haha. My girlfriend's name is irish gaelic. Roisin. Pronounced row sheen.
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:45 pm
The only evidence I have to go on is that former Scottish football player Eoin Jess' first name is pronounced exactly the same as the name Ian so I've always assumed it's Marcus Ian, at least that's how I pronounce it in my head.
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:08 pm
I always thought it was pronounced like the ending of the word "coin"
Sounded the most scottish to me.
Sounded the most scottish to me.
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:10 am
E-an is how footie commentators (and myself) always pronounced it:IronMark wrote:The only evidence I have to go on is that former Scottish football player Eoin Jess' first name is pronounced exactly the same as the name Ian so I've always assumed it's Marcus Ian, at least that's how I pronounce it in my head.
Capped only 18 times for Scotland. Jess was supposed to be the next Dalglish.
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:00 am
it is pronounced Owen, and that is </thread>