Pronunciation of surname Tighe

Mortimer

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Jun 10, 2010, 6:31:10 AM6/10/10

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As in the actor Darren Tighe. I'd always thought that it was pronounced Tie,
but I notice that in last week's episode of Holby City where some characters
had this surname, the pronunciations Teeg or Tiig (like "tiger" without the
"er") were used. Which is correct?

yaffle53

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Jun 10, 2010, 6:36:18 AM6/10/10

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There was a character (plus his wife) called Tigh in Battlestar
Galatica. His name was pronounced "Teeg"
There was also a England rugby player called Mike Teague whose surname
was pronounced the same way.
I would assume it's the same for Tighe.
Cheers
Jeff

Martin

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Jun 10, 2010, 6:46:33 AM6/10/10

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadhg#Spelling

Halmyre

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Jun 10, 2010, 7:02:15 AM6/10/10

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But Tigh (no 'e') is Gaelic for 'house', and is pronounced 'tie'.

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AC

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Jun 10, 2010, 8:57:16 AM6/10/10

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"Mortimer" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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Its down to the individual owner of the name.

AC

Grant

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Jun 10, 2010, 2:45:57 PM6/10/10

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yaffle53 wrote:
> On Jun 10, 11:31 am, "Mortimer" <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>> As in the actor Darren Tighe. I'd always thought that it was
>> pronounced Tie, but I notice that in last week's episode of Holby
>> City where some characters had this surname, the pronunciations Teeg
>> or Tiig (like "tiger" without the "er") were used. Which is correct?
>
> There was a character (plus his wife) called Tigh in Battlestar
> Galatica. His name was pronounced "Teeg"

Pretty sure it's Saul 'Tie' in BG.

Jeff Lawrence

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Jun 10, 2010, 3:10:06 PM6/10/10

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"Grant" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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You're probably right, it's been a while since I watched it.
Cheers
Jeff

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Sofa - Spud

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Jun 10, 2010, 5:08:23 PM6/10/10

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And all the suffering he went through and it turned out he was a Cylon!!

Jeff Lawrence

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Jun 10, 2010, 5:28:53 PM6/10/10

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"Mike Henry" <{$mrtickle$}@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>> Pretty sure it's Saul 'Tie' in BG.
>>
>>You're probably right, it's been a while since I watched it.
>

> Perhaps the Dutch dub pronounced it differently :-)

I blame the subtitles!
Cheers
Jeff

_TJ_

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Jun 10, 2010, 6:29:17 PM6/10/10

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it tends to be pronounced tyeg, tie-ig, tayg or tie depending on the region
of the speaker - perhaps other ways too but these are the only ones
that i can remember encountering. i pronounce it tie-ig.

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mtighe...@gmail.com

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Feb 5, 2014, 10:38:34 AM2/5/14

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Tighe = Tye !!

Mike Headon

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Feb 5, 2014, 11:05:54 AM2/5/14

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The BBC Pronouncing Dictionary agrees.

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Stephen Wolstenholme

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Feb 5, 2014, 11:14:53 AM2/5/14

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I worked with a Tighe years ago. He pronounced his name Teeg.

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Calum

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Feb 5, 2014, 7:35:47 PM2/5/14

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On 05/02/2014 16:14, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 07:38:34 -0800 (PST), mtighe...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Le jeudi 10 juin 2010 06:31:10 UTC-4, Mortimer a écrit :
>>> As in the actor Darren Tighe. I'd always thought that it was pronounced Tie,
>>> but I notice that in last week's episode of Holby City where some characters
>>> had this surname, the pronunciations Teeg or Tiig (like "tiger" without the
>>> "er") were used. Which is correct?
>>
>> Tighe = Tye !!
>
> I worked with a Tighe years ago. He pronounced his name Teeg.

Not entirely sure why this thread has re-emerged from 2010, but
anyway... AIUI, Tighe is an Anglicisation of the Irish name Tadhg, which
here in Ireland at least is pronounced the way the OP suggested ("tiger
without the er").

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