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refugee 
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 Topic: How do you pronounce "Ian"?Posted: May 21 2013 at 09:30 |
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I’ve always pronounced it ee-an, the "I" sounding like ee in eel. Yesterday I met two Swedes who pronounced it eye-an (we were of course talking about the thick-as-a-brick guy). What is correct?
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Snow Dog
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 09:37 |
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EE AN
But Swedes would pronounce it different I guess
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Snow Dog
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 09:38 |
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...but it is Ee an Anderson.
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refugee
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 09:48 |
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Thanks, Ian! I couldn’t have asked for a better expert!
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HolyMoly
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 09:49 |
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I have never heard it pronounced any way other than "EE-an".
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 09:50 |
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Used to say Eye An.
But then I watched some Jethro Tull interviews. So Ee An it is :3 |
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 16:14 |
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Ian
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 16:19 |
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LinusW
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 16:25 |
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ee-an. And I've heard both. But then I am a Swede. |
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refugee
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 16:56 |
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No, you’re not a Swede. Snusmumriken is international. |
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LinusW
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Fair enough  |
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Atavachron
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 17:59 |
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It's my middle name and I'm Scottish; it's Ee-an. What I want to know is how I'd pronounce my good friend Iain's name. Is it Een ? I'm not sure.
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Dean
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 18:05 |
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In the East of England it's pronounced slightly different again, the "a" sound is too open in "an", it's more an "uh" sound. EE-uhn.
The name was originally "John" spoken with a really strong gaelic accent and since there was no "J" in the gaelic alphabet (and in the early English alphabet "I" and "J" were interchangable), the "J" sound was pronounced as an "i" sound and the "an" was more like the "ohn", which through ease of speaking became "uhn". My mother always pronounced my name as "Ian" with a soft "d" at the beginning i.e. d'EE-uhn.
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What?
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Atavachron
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 18:08 |
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How interesting.
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zappaholic
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 19:43 |
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Pretty sure the only person who pronounces it "EYE-an" is Ian Ziering.
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CPicard
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 21:30 |
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How do you pronounce "Ian" at a RIO festival?
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 21:40 |
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Well people call me ee-an when I'm at the RIO festival unless of course they are Swedish in which case they call me eye-an (I do really have Swedish friends I meet at RIO bizarrely
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I've also been called Jan and ion.
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 21:44 |
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Now that we've worked that pressing issue out, I ask again; how does one pronounce Iain ?
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CPicard
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 21:44 |
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Ion? Like the particle?
 
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progbethyname
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 21:56 |
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Yeeeeeeeeeeeeee-an
Oh I've heard it before. Haha |
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