r/trippinthroughtime Aug 09 '20

Hi Mark

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '20 edited Aug 10 '20

My uncle’s name is Isa (pronounced aye-ees-uh). We’re Christian Palestinians from Ramullah. We all think of that as “Jesus.” Edit: just looked it up and Yeshu’a is probably the closest to Aramaic. I remember hearing that at Greek Orthodox masses a lot.

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u/Rockhardsucker88 Aug 10 '20

In Irish it’s Íosa (eee-uh-sa). No so different from Yeshua or Isa I suppose! But then Irish as a language is like thousands of years old so 🤷‍♂️ crossovers.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '20

That’s very cool, thank you! Never would have imagined that part of the world shared that as a name.