If you're named Oisin, no-one knows how to say your name

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A search for the word "Oisin" on Twitter today reveals a slew of threatening, nasty abuse levelled at Tymon, balanced by those pointing out the BBC investigation found him "a completely innocent party".

But the biggest problem among the great British public seemed to be how the hell you say the poor guy's name.

First, people looked for similar sounds they knew

How are we pronouncing Oisin? Like poison? Ocean? O'Sheen? Oy-san?

— Chris Deerin (@chrisdeerin) March 25, 2015

Hoisin sauce, get it?

@Patrick_Sean A man's heart is an oisin full of secrets.

— Paul A Murphy 💙 (@PAloysiusM) March 25, 2015

Then they turned to the media for help — which they didn't get

Poor Oisin Tymon. Got punched by Jeremy Clarkson and no one in the British media can get his name right.

— David (@iamdavidwebb) March 25, 2015

Very frustrating as an Irishman to hear @SkyNews pronounce "Oisin" as everything other than (ush/een)

— Rob Gormley (Rob G) Rob On The Radio (@radiorobg) March 25, 2015

can that dopey girl reporting on clarkson on @SkyNews not do her research properly on how to pronounce 'Oisin'..she's had 2wks to prepare!

— Sam (@FiremanFella) March 25, 2015

Enjoying listening to Sky News reporters try and pronounce Oisin #asheen

— Rory Tevlin (@Tevo_Journo) March 25, 2015

Some tried to help out …

Lads, it's "Oisin", NOT Ocean

— DeeEllis (@DeeEllis2) March 25, 2015

Others appealed to their popular culture knowledge

Is Oisin Tymon actually a character in Game of Thrones or have I GoT that wrong? @GameOfThrones

— Stephen Bradley (@stephensfilms) March 25, 2015

But look on the bright side…

Perhaps more of us might learn how to pronounce the name 'Oisin' after this whole #Clarkson and #TopGear debacle

— Shar C (@tbepublic) March 25, 2015

P.S. It's Uh-sheen, or, occasionally (depending on where you're from) O-sheen.