Curly Sue wrote:
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> On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 16:45:59 -0600, Arri London >
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Curly Sue wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 16:53:15 -0700, kalanamak >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Curly Sue wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Cuchulain was his first name (perhaps Libby was his last name?)..
> >> >> Irish, apparently rare, from mythology. "Cuchulain the Hound of
> >> >> Ulster"
> >> >>
> >> >And how might it be pronounced?
> >>
> >> From:
> >> http://www.isle-of-skye.org.uk/celti...ia/celt_c6.htm
> >> koo chul-inn or koo hoo lin
> >>
> >> At least that pronounciation comes close to the spelling. Other
> >> Gaelic names: Siobhan or Eithne (Enya) are too far away to make a
> >> reasonable guess.
> >>
> >> Sue(tm)
> >> Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
> >
> >But both those names are pronounced according to their *Irish* spelling.
> >In Ireland I heard Siobhan pronounced 'shi-vawn'.
>
> I don't know about Siobhan, but the singer Eithne says that *th* is
> silent even in Irish; that's why "Enya" is the phonetic spelling of
> her name.
>
> Sue(tm)
>

That's right. It's silent, but changes the 'shape' of the vowel. The
name means 'kernel'(or nucleus and by extension heart).