mainoff.gif
lastdyoff.gif
lastwkoff.gif
treeoff.gif
searchoff.gif
helpoff.gif
contactoff.gif
creditsoff.gif
homeoff.gif


The Daltaí Boards » Archive: 2005- » 2006 (January-February) » Archive through January 22, 2006 » Pronounciation « Previous Next »

Author Message
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Jennifer Carson (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
Posted From:
Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 11:34 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Could you please send me the pronunciation for the surname Loughnane, from Kerry. Thank you, Jennifer Carson

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Robert (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
Posted From:
Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 10:25 am:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

I find it hard to give you an example as I dont know the phonetics required to tell you, nor do I suspect you would recognise the sounds -in fact even if you heard them they might be hard to repeat depending how how closly they approximate your habitual 'ear'.

anyay, I'll try this:

'Lough' do the irish 'loch' then reduce it to 'lo', a sort of cross between a very short (in time) /@/ (ahhh as what the dentist asks you to say) and short /o/

'nane' as in 'mane' of a horse, but with n at the beginning

lo'nane by that reckoning then

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

James_murphy
Member
Username: James_murphy

Post Number: 2
Registered: 11-2005
Posted on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 06:34 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

That -ane ending in a lot of names is usually pronounced 'an' (as in can) with the stress on that syllable eg. Spillane - spillAN not spillayne.
I personally would pronounce that name LockNAN (stress on 2nd syllable).



©Daltaí na Gaeilge