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  • Seems reasonable to change your first name to make your life more convenient, but unless people encounter these names, they’ll never used to saying them.

    In the UK it takes knowledge to know how to pronounce Irish names but one you’ve met a few Siobhans and Eoins you get used to it.

    There is an element of historical oppression here though. Some people choose to use an Irish spelling because, well, the English keep trying to erase other cultures. That example didn’t work out as well as I thought it would.








  • Edinburgh resident here, just a fact not that it makes my opinion more valid. Really feel this will not stick and is just the councillors making statements to get us on side. It should not be down to city councils to even attempt to intervene on this. The industry should make smaller cars. There is also an obvious joke here for those defending SUVs in Edinburgh, the roads are so filled with pot holes, its like driving on a farm track. A pot hole literally snapped the axle on my (albeit very old) bike once.