• ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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    9 hours ago

    If you’re curious: ‘Se’ in Irish is a ‘Sh’ sound. But technically just ‘Sean’ is ‘Shan’, which is the word for ‘old’. There has to be an accent mark to make it proper and a name.

    ‘Seàn’ is the name, as ‘Shawn’.

    ‘Sèan’ is ‘Shane’.

    • remote_control_conor@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      The Irish accent goes the other way.

      Seán is anim dom: My name is Shaun/Shawn/Shaughan/Whatever other spelling pleases your eye or ear.

      Translated to English, Seán is John.