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Maidhc_Ó_haodha
Member Username: Maidhc_Ó_haodha
Post Number: 2 Registered: 05-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 06:25 pm: |
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Several Irish speakers from throughout Ireland (and not just Ulster) have told me that they pronounce the "á" in "meán" as they pronounce the "a" in "bean" (woman) whereas I have seen in phonetic dictionaries that "meán" rhymes with the "á" sound in "slán". Which is it? Go raibh maith agaibh do do fhreagra. Maidhc Meánrang FRC Maidhc Ó hAodha
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Dennis
Member Username: Dennis
Post Number: 3055 Registered: 02-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 08:23 pm: |
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Now that you mention it, that's what I hear from friends here in Seattle who were raised in Cork and Dublin. "An seanchas gearr, an seanchas is fearr."
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Fear_na_mbróg
Member Username: Fear_na_mbróg
Post Number: 1640 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 10:24 pm: |
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If it's worth anything, I've never heard "meán" pronunced with anything other than a flat A sound. -- Fáilte Roimh Cheartú -- Mura mbíonn téarma Gaeilge agaibh ar rud éigin, bígí cruthaitheach! Ná téigí i muinín focail Bhéarla a úsáid, údar truaillithe é sin dod chuid cainte.
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Domhnall
Member Username: Domhnall
Post Number: 1114 Registered: 06-2005
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 04:16 am: |
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In Conamara you might hear "M-yawn" A people without a language of its own is only half a nation.A nation should guard its language more than its territories, 'tis a surer barrier and a more important frontier than mountain or river
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Wee_falorie_man
Member Username: Wee_falorie_man
Post Number: 143 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 12:43 pm: |
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Well, according to my friend who is a native speaker from Múscraí (in county Cork), "meán" rhymes with "bean" (woman) - in Múscraí anyway. (Message edited by wee_falorie_man on June 07, 2007) |
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Aonghus
Member Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 5560 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 03:43 pm: |
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Tá an fhoghraíocht sin agamsa chomh maith. |
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Lughaidh
Member Username: Lughaidh
Post Number: 1683 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 04:41 pm: |
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In Ulster, meán [m´æːnˠ]; bean [b´anˠ]; slán [slˠæːnˠ] Learn Irish pronunciation here: www.phouka.com/gaelic/sounds/sounds.htm
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