In keeping with articles related to Ireland for St, Patrick's Day, CNN has a piece on how to pronounce Irish names:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/irish-names- ... index.html
Personally, I'd prefer using more phonetic spellings when they're in English for English speakers. But that's me.
Irish Names
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Irish Names
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Re: Irish Names
I believe I’ve heard that the name Kaitlin (Kate-lin) is just a misunderstanding of the way Kathleen is spelled in Ireland.
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