I see a lot of people saying this incorrectly, and as a person who speaks fluent Irish-Gaelic (my first language) and grew up in Ireland, I figured I’d clear this up.
Samhain is pronounced shahv-nah.
(if you want to be traditional, havh-nah if you’re female.)
- Not sow-win
- Not sam-hayne
Let me explain:
The “Sam-hane” pronunciation comes from people just saying the word, and sow-win comes from a man who didn’t even speak Irish by the name of Gerald Gardiner, and while he was a Wiccan, his pronunciation of Samhain was entirely incorrect, there is no “V” in the Gaelic language, so “mh” is pronounced as “V”. Feel free to ask me questions on this, I’ll be glad to answer them.
So with that…
Happy Samhain everyone!
(╯°□°）╯︵ uᴉɐɥɯɐs
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1. read the word
2. wrong
3. fuk u
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How to correctly say “Samhain”
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