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The Mystic
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 11:50 pm: | 
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How do you spell father in irish? It would be a tremedous help. thankz |
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James
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 01:52 am: |
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Athair which is pronounced, roughly, "Ah - ar" in the Cois Fhairrage dialect. I think that the Standard Irish would be "Ah-hir". Get some native, or at least, more scholarly input before you commit this to anything permanent.
Le meas,
James |
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Maidhc Ó G.
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 11:29 am: |
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It's to my memory that the first 'A' is pronounced like the 'a' in the English word "hat". (A-er) i gCois Fhairrge. But I would go with James' second of (A-hir ; same first vowel). It's a much more common pronunciation.
Le meas,
Maidhc. |
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James
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 02:00 pm: |
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A Mhaidhc,
You may very well be correct on the pronunciation. I'll check my tapes to be certain. That is one of the really difficult aspects of self-teaching. I have no way of checking my pronunciation against a living, breathing gaeilgoir. I think your memory is better than mine on this one!
Le meas,
James |
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