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Username: Cmeenan
Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Monday, October 08, 2007 - 08:42 pm: |   
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Hello,
I was wondering if anyone could help me with the pronunciation of a few names. The first is
Failtigern, ( fada over the i), another way to spell it would be Faoiltiarn, ( no fada). The book I've seen it in lists the pronunciation as fil'-t' iarn, which, unfortunately, I believe I'm pronouncing incorrectly!
The second name is Conmael, (fada over the a), another spelling is Conmhaol, (no fada). The book says it's kun-vel
Any help you could provide would be much appreciated!
Thanks!
Chris |
Suaimhneas
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Username: Suaimhneas
Post Number: 331
Registered: 08-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 09, 2007 - 08:03 am: |
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I'm not familiar with the names but at a glance Failtigern and Conmael would appear to older spellings of the names, while Faoiltiarn and Conmhaol have a more modern lookk.
My pronunciation, based on the more "modern" spelling would approximate as follows:
FWEE-ul-tch-EE-ERN
and
KUN-WAY-ul or CUN-VWAY-ul depending on dialect.
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