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Irish names you’re probably saying wrong and how to pronounce them | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
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[–] ChapulinColorado 5 points 8 months ago

As someone who always has his name pronounced different ways (not Irish) I have to say I could not have guessed “Meadhbh” if my life depended on it.