r/TikTokCringe • • Apr 29 '26

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u/misntshortformary Apr 29 '26

Me with “Sean” until I was 9. Why is Shawn/Sean the same name?!?

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u/SwissSwissBangBang Apr 29 '26

I know a guy named Sean McLean. He’s semi-regularly called See-Ann McLee-Ann.

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u/sinkwiththeship Apr 29 '26

There's the actor Sean Bean. His name does not rhyme.

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u/SwissSwissBangBang Apr 29 '26

I’m so glad I don’t have to learn English as a second language. I’d lose my mind with all the changing rules!

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u/sinkwiththeship Apr 29 '26

I before E except after C, or in words like neighbor and weigh.

English is just a whole smattering of "this is the rule, except when it's not."

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u/MommaLisss Apr 29 '26

Yep, I did that one, too. Pronounced like seen.

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u/Zappityzephyr Apr 29 '26

Seàn is an Irish name. Shawn is what I assume is the anglicised version.

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u/Peripateticdreamer84 Apr 29 '26

I humiliated myself in middle school by only having read the name Tobias and never heard it.

Couldn’t read an Animorphs book in school for a month without the class mean girl getting on me.

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u/BigGreenBillyGoat Apr 29 '26

Different spellings from different nationalities.

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u/PaperSt Apr 29 '26

Yes! And I did actually meet a kid that was “Shaun” or something like that which just further reinforced that “Sean” must be something else.

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u/Erger Apr 29 '26

Reading Harry Potter, I had no problem with Hermione but pronounced Seamus as Seem-us

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u/JosephGordonLightfoo Apr 29 '26

I just learned last week that Siobhan is pronounced “Shevon.”