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Nina
Member Username: Nina
Post Number: 1 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Monday, April 18, 2005 - 06:42 pm: |
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Seán a' Chaipín Unregistered guest Posted From:
| Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 09:38 am: |
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Good find Nina. |
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Nina
Member Username: Nina
Post Number: 2 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 05:29 pm: |
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One question though, anybody know from what area the Irish is from? I notice they use Conas tá tú? for how are you instead of (sp) cen choi bhfuil tu in Learning Irish and pronounce stuff more like in oiche mhaith they say the ch. I didn't want to be the equivalent of someone who in enlish spoke with a British accent mixed in with a southern drawl!:-] plz |
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Dáithí
Member Username: Dáithí
Post Number: 65 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 08:40 pm: |
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"Conas tá tú" is an indication of the Munster dialect. On a humorous note, I once said "Oiche mhaith" as taught in "Learning Irish" and my teacher looked at me like I was from another planet. And this is a teacher that teaches the Connaught dialect. Evidently the lack of "ch" in "Oiche" was too much for him. My point is that there will be some gray areas of who says what in which dialect, but I think it's pretty safe to say that speakers who use the phrase "Conas tá tú" are from Munster or are partial to the Munster dialect. |
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