The Thaoiseach (3 Viewers)

[ann post]

it comes from hound, like 'cu' - cu chulainn etc.

sometimes you can have cnu which can roll off the tounge almost like 'cru', thats the best i can offer.

an example would be 'cnamh' which is bone. thats nearly supposed to be an R sound.

 

[snakybus]

anlann rua hahahahahahaha

That's almost as good as 'citseaip'

 

[ann post]

anlann rua hahahahahahaha

That's almost as good as 'citseaip'

..

 

[snakybus]

You'd pronounce it Chachanooga?

That is madness! Or as you'd say, chat is madness.

You woulg'ch ungherschang, Wilberch

 

[GO]

This thread might as well be in chinese to me.

 

[Froog]

ch'th nra nra aainn milis th th nmrm....nu....nu....nmrm.

 

[quackster]

eskimos have over 100 words for snow, yet there are only one or two irish words for rain?

 

[Froog]

eskimos have over 100 words for snow, yet there are only one or two irish words for rain?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo_words_for_snow

 

[ann post]

innuit couldnt be true.

 

[Froog]

snow way.

 

[ratmonkey]

Stop your blubbering there.

 

[nooleen]

this thread is a bith thedious

 

[Froog]

hhhrrrrnnnnnggg.

 

[Pedronimus]

This thread might as well be in chinese to me.

Do you know what I can't understand?

 

[Moods For Mallards]

this thread is a bith thedious

Well why don't you come up with a better pronunciation/enunciation thread?!

 

[nooleen]

thath wouldh be eqhually thedious

i meant what it progressed into, not the original post though

 

[ann post]

you hate me, dont you.

 

[nooleen]

Can anyone explan why Conchúbhar is pronounced as cruh hoor? Was someone just pulling the piss with the spelling of it?

now this post is most likely mainly bollocks, but old irish had very different pronunciation from modern irish and i think conchubair is just a carry-over from that. for example when you laugh at americans saying 'ogham' with a hard g they're actually pronouncing it the proper old irish way. same goes for rathcroghan (pr. crogan instead of croh-han), for example. apparently. this is according to someone i regularly suspect of talking shite, though it often turns out that's just cos i'm a sour bitch.
ah..hmm...i apologise for this post of semi-relevant rambling. there's almost an idea of some kind in there somewhere...

 

[therealjohnny]

It's not just Irish

Other wrong pronunciations

Mannering

Shaahday

Chumley Warner

apologies for Britishing up the thread with this, admittedly irrelevant post

 

[snakybus]

Nooly, you don't come across as a sour bitch.