I read it in a book and thought it would be an endearing nickname for my child. there is irish blood way back on my husbands side of the family.

thanks for any help.

Terra - in Texas, USA

uh-HASHK-uh would approximate the


I am presuming that the context in the book was to indicate "my Treasure" although the word is also used in banking for deposits and savings

I think "Mo Stór" (MUH STORE)would be a more common expression for "my treasure"

" A thaisce " is mó a bhíonns acu in Uladh, a shuaimhnis!

yes it was used at "my treasure" and was used in the old form. thanks!

one more question. is "HASHK" with a long A as in ape or a short A as in all?

Ah, that is a slender c, so a plain c/k is not right there, but of course how do you represent a sound no one knows in a system that makes no sense...

so basically I can say it however it comes out of my mouth?

Ni rabh mé ach píosa 'sarcastic'.

I was referring to an old issue of how to represent the sounds of one language using the spelling system of another. Its been mulled over many a time, so I wont reiterate, but basically since English spelling is very bad for itself alone, and Irish sounds different, there is s gap.

In this case however, the only problem really was the slender c. If you say 'human' you will notice a hissy sound for h (it is not actually a h at all). That is a slender ch in Irish. If you make a k out of it (that is, make a 'stop' consonant out of it, rather than a hiss) you will get a slender c, sort of like ky.

Another way is to say the sound the y sound /j/ in yes. If you make a k at the same time (actually same place) the slender c will be made.

The rest of the instructions above for the word will stay the same, as as I said, the slender c was the only problem

WOW. whoever said the english language was the hardest to learn must not have tried this one! thanks!

Another way of getting at it (along the same lines as Bearn's k/y combination): "c" as in "cute."

And neither of the above, really: "A" as in "apple."

Aren't you glad you asked?

(Unregistered Guest), while the phonetics may be very different from English, they are far more regular. Even though you must pay attention to things like slender/broad vowels, at least there is concrete explanation why similiar looking phonemes sound different in various contexts. Try to explain why through, rough and though are pronounced so differently in English.

Bearn - "but of course how do you represent a sound no one knows in a system that makes no sense..." Just the way you did it. ;-)

A thaisce - úsáideann cara liom sin go minic.

Ach amach i gConamara - Chan Cúige Uladh a d'fhoglaim sé an teanga...