It looks like the worst is over on the weather front as Storm Deirdre has subsided.
But there’s another storm a-brewing on Twitter in the wake of the weather warnings, and it has proven quite polarising.
It has come to people’s attention during all the talk of Storm Deirdre, that pronunciation of the name varies wildly, and one Twitter user addressed it head on.
‘Carole’ wrote:
‘Dear UK, In light of the prevailing weather front, it’s time for the stormy issue of pronunciation. Deirdre is not pronounced Dear-dree. It is pronounced Dear-druh (as in ‘huh’). Yours Ireland’
Dear UK
In light of the prevailing weather front, it’s time for the stormy issue of pronounciation.
Deirdre is not pronounced Dear-dree. It is pronounced Dear-druh (as in ‘huh’).
Yours
Ireland
— Carole (Ducky) (@IrPsych) December 15, 2018
The tweet has received 2.4K faves thus far, and has been retweeted more than 400 times, with many more chiming in.
It’s dear dra in Wicklow not druh but each to their own
— CathybAFC ???????? (@Catblack04) December 15, 2018
Once you don’t end it with a “dreee” it’s okay.
Ending with “druh”, “dreh”, “drah” all feature in different areas of Ireland.
The softened sound to finish with is the important bit to avoid getting on my nerves!
— Deirdre Toher (@dtoher) December 15, 2018
Thank you @IrPsych I appreciate your attempt to reclaim the name. Though being rared as a Dare-dre (Antrim) suffering Dear-dree and worse still Daid-ree on the big island I can live with Dear- druh.
— Dr Deirdre Byrne (@deirdrebyrne8) December 15, 2018
In Donegal it’s always DearDree
— Mary Connolly (@MaryTCon) December 15, 2018
What do you reckon? Dear-dree, dear-dra or dear-druh? We think we’ll just stick with Storm Dee.
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