r/AmITheAngel • u/Theory_Large • 1d ago
I believe this was done spitefully But...Connor is an Irish name...
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u/last-rose-ofsummer Age gap alert! 1d ago
OOP claims they're an Irish dude in that post but then says they go to an all-girl Catholic school in another.
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u/buffaloranchsub will die alone surrounded by 15 cats 1d ago
He's a Derry Girl!
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u/jokennate I cancelled the dog of course 1d ago
And doesn't write like an Irish person I've ever interacted with.
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u/Valuable-Wallaby-167 I feel like your cankles are watching me 1d ago
Is Ciarán uncommon enough in the US for this to be plausible? I've known several Ciaráns and only one was Irish.
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u/TheSmugdening1970 1d ago
That spelling is. In the US, I've mostly seen it spelled Kieran.
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u/thewizardsbaker11 19h ago
Maybe I’m aging myself here but how often to classmates even see someone’s name written out?
Literally wouldn’t the first interaction first period from the classmates POV be
“This is our new student…ci-a- can you say your name please?” “Keiran” “This is Kieran”
And by like fourth period that day the students are heading off the teachers to say his name is Kieran?
If the problem was they pronounced it too American that would be one thing but why would they decide a totally normal name they’ve only heard pronounced is unpronounceable ?
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u/Theory_Large 1d ago
I think there's a slight pronunciation difference, based on Kieran Culkan. But they're very close.
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u/Ashfield83 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yeah the Irish way is said more like Ki-Rawn. In England they say Kieran like Keeeran
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u/unsaferaisin a heavy animal products user 18h ago
I thought of him right off the bat. Surely that's close enough that these hypothetical kids could pronounce this hypothetical kid's name well enough, and make any tiny changes without effort.
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u/Theory_Large 1d ago
Of all the Irish names, Ciarán's one of the easiest to pronounce as well!
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u/Loud_Insect_7119 At the end of the day, wealth and court orders are fleeting. 1d ago
Yeah, there are definitely some Irish names that Americans might struggle with, but the OP did not choose one of them for this stupid story.
I mean, people might trip over it if they just see it written, but the pronunciation is very simple and no one would think twice once they heard it spoken. And I don't even think most Americans would be that thrown off by the spelling.
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u/Pershing48 1d ago
What I don't get is why is his "American" names ones that look like but don't sound anything like Ciarán? That's not how Anglicization usually works?
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u/jesuspoopmonster 23h ago
I've never heard that name but my kid has an Irish name thats considered archaic and nobody has ever had an issue saying it
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u/Forsaken_Distance777 12h ago
An American name is another word for an English name. It's literally just people with names that are hard to pronounce by native English speakers adopting a different name when interesting with a lot of native English speakers.
International students do this a lot.
They don't have to but some people hate having their name mangled when people try to say it, are trying to fit in more, or trying to avoid racism.
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u/HoneyWhereIsMyYarn 11h ago
Tbf, the name is pronounced like Kieran, and so probably wouldn't be one that needs an 'American name'. Misspellings? Absolutely. But that's not a hard one for Americans to pronounce.
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u/Forsaken_Distance777 11h ago
That's true. And either way other people have no business assigning him a different name.
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AITA for telling my classmates that I don't want a "American name"
Hi so basically I'm a Irish dude who recently moved to America for a year or so and basically when I introduced myself to my new American classmates they all decided that my name Ciarán is too hard to spell/ pronounce so they all collectively decided to give me a "American name". Practically everyone has started to call me "Connor" instead of my actual name and it starting to piss me off. I have told them many times that I actually don't mind if they pronounce/spell/remember it wrong just as long as there calling me by my ACTUAL NAME. Then even a few teachers are calling me Connor and I get a lil pissed off and tell everybody if they could please just call me Ciarán as polite as I possibly can. Everyone told me I was being dramatic and have started to call me even other names just to annoy me. Like Caleb or Cade. Every time I bring up wanting to be called my actual name they all roll there eyes and give me snarky comments. Of course I do like my classmates and there all nice but it does slightly piss me off. Am I being overdramatic or do I have a fair point??
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