Agony aunt Ask Audrey is solving all of Cork’s problems

Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years...

Ciao. I have moved to work here in Cork and it only took me eight days to fall in love with all the girls in the office. This is some kind of record. Anyway, I particularly love Aoife from Dublin and Sadhbh from Clonmel. The problem is I cannot pronounce their names. Can you help me? — Marco, Venice, and now Ballintemple

Aoife is a tricky one. Your best bet is to call her Easy. She’s from Dublin, so she will definitely have been called that in the past. Sorry, but there is no way you will never be able to pronounce Sadhbh. (You’d have better luck trying to teach a Dungarvan man the rules of Hide and Seek. “Hang on Mossie. We can’t both hide.”) The good news is it doesn’t matter what you call Sadhbh — she’s from Tipperary so she’ll be glad of the attention. If that doesn’t work out, how about me? (I love a bit of Italian.) Don’t worry if you find Audrey hard to pronounce. You can just call me any time.