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July 26 2004, 22:38 PM
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I have traced the original form of my family name, Caoin, to the province of Connaught. However, I cannot find a definitive pronunciation...it's the damn tripthong. Using the "kind, gentle" definition, I have received three pronunciations: "keen," "key-in" and "k-ween." They can't all be right...can they? Thanks for your help.
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July 26 2004, 22:44 PM
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They are all right, but for different dialects. You'd need the Connacht Irish pronunciation for it.
Is é Christian Stoehr mo chroí
Dáta pósadh: 16 Deireadh Fómhair 2010 |
July 26 2004, 23:30 PM
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Caoin- queen
That's how it's normally pronounced. "Tá an saol mór lán den fhilíocht ag an té dar dual a thuigbheáil agus ní thráfaidh an tobar go deo na ndeor."
Seosamh Mac Grianna, Mo Bhealach Féin |
July 27 2004, 22:44 PM
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[quote="Méabh"]They are all right, but for different dialects. You'd need the Connacht Irish pronunciation for it.[/quote]
Thank you, Méabh. It is obvious I have a lot to learn. |
July 27 2004, 22:47 PM
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[quote="Ailill"]Caoin- [i]queen[/i]
That's how it's normally pronounced.[/quote] Thank you very much, Ailill. Would "queen" be a general pronunciation or the Connaught pronunciation? |
July 27 2004, 22:57 PM
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Ailill grew up in Co. Mayo, so there's a good chance it's a Connacht pronunciation. Or were your people more from Galway/Connemara?
Is é Christian Stoehr mo chroí
Dáta pósadh: 16 Deireadh Fómhair 2010 |
July 28 2004, 3:27 AM
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Caoin = k(w)een would be the pronunciation pretty much everywhere.
So you're Irish, and not a kohein? |
August 13 2004, 4:34 AM
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Just got back from vacation...sorry for the delay. As far as I can tell, Connacht is the place, so "k-ween" it is! Thanks again for all of you help on this personal adventure of discovery. |
August 13 2004, 4:47 AM
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No, Oisin, we're not Koheins. I'm not sure how or when Caoin became Cohen, but Cohen is noted in a few sources as a having come from Caoin at some time in the past. Hopefully, a little more digging will shed some light. Thanks for the insight...Now, instead of explaining that I am not a Kohein, I will be explaining how "Caoin" is pronounce K(w)een!! |
August 13 2004, 6:55 AM
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David
On the off-chance that you haven't already come across these: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com ... rname.html http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/6114/32935 Cheers Once, as a child, out in a field of sheep/Thomas Hardy pretended to be dead/And lay down flat among their dainty shins.
In that sniffed-at, bleated-into, grassy space/He experimented with infinity/His small cool brow was like an anvil waiting For sky to make it sing the prefect pitch/Of his dumb being, and that stir he caused/In the fleece-hustle was the original Of a ripple that would travel eighty years/Outward from there, to be the same ripple/Inside him at its last circumference. |
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