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Emmo
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Username: Emmo
Post Number: 1
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Monday, November 28, 2005 - 05:18 pm: |   
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Plese can somebody tell me what the hyphens mean over the e,m, and o in the celtic script style of writing?
The o's and e's have a normal "french" style hyphen, but the m's have a small diamond type dot above them. Does anybody know what these mean in comparison with the same letters without them please??
Ta. |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 2585
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Monday, November 28, 2005 - 05:24 pm: |
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M or other consonant with a dot over it means lenition, a change in the sound usually represented in modern Irish by an "h" after the letter.
áóúéí are long vowels.
(Message edited by aonghus on November 28, 2005) |
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Emmo
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Username: Emmo
Post Number: 2
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 01:46 pm: |
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Thanks very much Aonghus, could you please tell me what the hyphen above the e and the o mean also if you could, thank you kindly!! |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 2588
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 07:12 am: |
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It lengthens the sound. |
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Antaine
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Username: Antaine
Post Number: 563
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 07:54 am: |
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Coincidentally, many other consonants can also take the dot, not just m. They would be b,c,d,f,g,m,p,s,t |
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