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Flemingsean
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Username: Flemingsean
Post Number: 1
Registered: 06-2006
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 08:50 am: |   
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Hi there,
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> We've been looking on the web for help with naming our newborn baby boy. We
> like the name Cadhan but we are unsure as to the correct pronounciation. Is
> it Kay-din as in Aidan with a 'k', is the 'd' pronounced or is it silent as
> in Cah-in or are both our efforts way way of the mark. We would be really
> grateful for any assistance you could give us.
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> Regards
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 3333
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 10:27 am: |
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More like the english word
kine |
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Dennis
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Username: Dennis
Post Number: 1548
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 10:48 am: |
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Do you know that "cadhan" as a common noun means "barnacle goose" (Branta leucopsis) in Irish?
Go raibh [do rogha meafar] leat!
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Pangur_dubh
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Username: Pangur_dubh
Post Number: 66
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 11:44 am: |
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Cadhan aonair could be translated as 'a lone bird'.
In an anglophonic world, however, 'kine' sounds a bit bovine, albeit in a poetic way. So consider well before definitely deciding on the name as the whether is will be ok. |
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