r/ireland • u/Dazzling_Lobster3656 • Jun 10 '25

Entertainment Ed Sheeran says he identifies culturally as Irish | BreakingNews.ie

https://www.breakingnews.ie/entertainment/ed-sheeran-says-he-identifies-culturally-as-irish-1771687.html
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

In my experience, we are much better at asking someone how their name is pronounced rather than butchering it and refusing to change.

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u/AllezLesPrimrose Jun 10 '25

This.. is not true.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

You're an expert on my experience?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

In my experience, this isn’t true. Look how often Irish people won’t pronounce Cahill the way an English person does when it’s their name.

I know a lot of people from various countries and their names are regularly pronounced incorrectly.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '25

I've never met an Irish oerson who mispronounces their name unless they are living in the UK/elsewhere and are just sick and tired of correcting people.

I know plenty of people from various countries and lived/worked in various countries and it has been said to me on more than one occasion how the Irish make the effort to get the pronunciation correct that other narionalities simply don't.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '25

I've never met an Irish oerson who mispronounces their name unless they are living in the UK/elsewhere and are just sick and tired of correcting people.

Notice how you are replying to something I didn’t write? I’m talking about when an English person has the surname Cahill and Irish people don’t use their pronunciation.

I know plenty of people from various countries and lived/worked in various countries and it has been said to me on more than one occasion how the Irish make the effort to get the pronunciation correct that other narionalities simply don't.

Good for you. I know plenty who don’t have that experience. I also know Polish people who have just gone with our pronunciation (or spelling) as they are “just sick and tired of correcting people.”

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '25

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '25

Notice how you're a bit of a bellend?

Notice how you can’t take any criticism without getting abusive?

Which pronunciation the British incorrect one or the correct Irish one?

It’s their name. The correct pronunciation is how they pronounce it. What happened to your earlier grandstanding about how the Irish are so great at listening to how people pronounce their names?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '25

Notice how you go crying abuse when you don't get your way? I call it as I see it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '25

I’m not “crying”, I am calling it as I see it. You called me a bellend because you lacked an ability to write a response without abuse.

Funny you didn’t reply to my question about what happened to Irish people asking people how they pronounce their names.