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From: "Brendan Jones" <>
Subject: Fw: Re need pronunciation help w Irish language
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 00:13:00 -0000


Sorry I forgot to enter the Subject in my previous post.



> Hi Jacqi,
> The poem you quote is in Old Irish so the pronunciation may
> seem a little strange.
> Dubhach sin is pronounced DO-OCK SHIN, and a dhu na riogh
> is A OON-NU-REE with a short U in NU,
> The Queens name Gormfhlaith is pronounced GORM (to rhyme
> with WORM) and LA with a short A.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
> Brendan Jones.
>
>
> Wondering if anyone on this list knows anything about
> pronunciation of the
> > older dialects in Ireland. My daughter has been studying
> an Irish ballad
> > called "Dubhach sin, a dhú na ríogh" regarding a castle
> in Ireland, a dead
> > king, and his queen named Gormfhlaith (hope I got that
> right). She (my
> > daughter, not the queen) has to do an oral report on this
> poem and has not
>
>
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