Roses and Cellar Doors: Same Name?!--Bridget

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Same Name?!--Bridget

Poor confused Bridget. To some, she's an underused classic; to others, inescapably 70s'; and to many, quintessential Irish. One of the many goddess-names that has made it into common use; she's also the name of two saints, and has thus spread throughout the Western World.

Original Irish form: Brighid (BREED. BREEJ)
English form: Bridget (BRIJ-et)

Other forms:

Berit (BEHR-it)--Scandinavian
Birgitta (beer-GEE-tah)--Scandinavian
Bricia (BREE-see-ah)--Spanish [may also be from Bricius]
Brighde (BREE-jeh)--Scottish
Brigida (BREE-hee-dah)--Spanish
Brígida (BREE-zhee-dah)--Portuguese
Brigitte (bree-ZHEET)--French
Brygida (bri-GEE-dah)--Polish
Ffraid (FRIDE)--Welsh
Piritta (PEER-eet-tah)--Finnish

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My Particular Version of English

Pronunciation	IPA	Example
a	/æ/	“cat”
ah, o	/a:/	“father”, “cot”
aw	/ɔ:/	“caught”
ay	/eɩ/	“may”
e,eh	/ɛ/	“bed”
ee	/i:/	“meet”
ehr	/ɛər/	“there”
er,ur	/ər/	“purr”
i,ih	/ɩ/	“sit”
eye	/aɩ/	“idle”
-ye (end of syllable)	/aɩ/	“high”
ine	/aɩn/	“line”
ire	/aɩr/	“wire”
oh	/oʊ/	“cope”
ow	/aʊ/	“cow”
oy	/ɔɩ/	“boy”
u,uh	/ʌ/	“run”
oo, ue	/u:/	“boot”, "rue"
oo	/ʊ/	“hood”
b	/b/	“but”
ch	/tʃ/	“chair”
d	/d/	“day”
f	/f/	“for”
g	/g/	“go”
h	/h/	“hay”
j	/dʒ/	“joy”
k	/k/	“kit”
kh	/x/	“loch”
l	/l/	“low”
m	/m/	“my”
n	/n/	“no”
ng	/ŋ/	“sing”
p	/p/	“put”
r	/r/	“row”
s	/s/	“say”
sh	/ʃ/	“shy”
t	/t/	“tie”
th	/θ/	“thing”
th	/đ/	“the”
v	/v/	“voice”
w	/w/	“we”
y	/j/	“yes”
z	/z/	“zoo”
zh	/ʒ/	“azure”

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Same Name?!--Bridget

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