http://y-pestis.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] y-pestis.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] qatarperegrine 2010-03-30 06:24 pm (UTC)

In my accent they're different vowels. I'd pronounce "Sean" with a long backwards-c vowel (same vowel as in "caught") while Siân is a round-a vowel (same vowel as "car"). Wait, I'd pronounce "Sean" the same as "shorn". Thus Shawn the Sheep. Yeah. Siân's vowel is much further forward and unrounded.

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