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Thursday 16 September 2021

Blog Along With Effy Post 16

  

Once again Effy is doing a month-long Blog Challenge on Facebook.

I mentioned yesterday the above page inspired by Niamh Baly. I have done quite a few of Niamh's workshops. Mostly one or two page ones but the rainbow one that starts a little way in, in the little video, was 8 pages. I was pretty pleased with it apart from my writing!



Someone mentioned that the Irish spelling of Niamh's name is quite odd. To pronounce it, it is 'Neeve' - which got me thinking about name pronunciations. I have a few Welsh and Irish friends Sian ('Sharn'), Ioan ('Yo-ann'), Owen ('Oo wan'), Siobhan ('She-vorn')... Then I know two English people called Leonie - one is 'Lee-owe-ni' - the other thing is 'Lee-un-i'.

I am sure many kids read Hermione quite incorrectly - I remember reading Penelope as 'Penny-lope' as a child and Anemone as 'Anny-moan'. My Dad always called asparagus Aspa-rar-gus and Egypt as Egg-white as jokes. I think the Eggwhite one may have come from his Navy days.

English is a funny language!

Today's journal page is this - in my little kraft journal. This was inspired by Mel at Scrapbookingncraft



Kevin continues with his boat renovations - it is really good for him to have lockdown projects - but midnight tomorrow our restrictions are easing slightly!


Gradually more people are getting vaccinated...


Today's Facebook memory - three years ago we were visiting the Melbourne Festival in Derbyshire, UK. So many lovely pieces of art to see...


More tomorrow...


9 comments:

  1. My sister took a course in Irish and was astounded by the pronunciation vs. spelling!

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  2. I am fascinated by words and pronunciation in general. I just finished a book where the main character is a teen names Soirse and she keeps saying that it's pronounced "Seer-shah" and that the famous actress is pronouncing it wrong, saying everywhere it's "Sur-shah" ;)

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  3. I adore your pages, and yo! I say As-pa-ra-gus the same way your dad does. :D

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  4. Loving your pages today Susan. We also have a Niamh in the family and people are always mis-spelling it lol. Happy Blogging! Elle/EOTC xx

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  5. I love the video and your journal page. I love playing with words too.

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  6. That yard art sculpture is gorgeous! Love the journal page.
    I'm fascinated by the difference in the spelling and pronunciation of Irish and Scottish words.

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  7. So lovely to read your post. I have a friend called Siobhan too and I had to learn how to say her name properly. Names can be fascinating that way. I love the sculpture--looks like an interesting exhibit. Thank you for leaving your yesterday's haiku in my blog comments! That was a delight and i loved it! <3

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  8. I love the Egypt joke! I'm gonna have fun with that one. When I first met a Siobhan...I was confused for days. In Harry Potter when Krum was learning to say Hermiones name...it was like "Oooooh" because we were all say "Herm-ee-ohn-nee" in South Africa!

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  9. Oh and I really like the colourful art, the whimsical houses in the turban are like a fun hidden detail!

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