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How to pronounce please

Postby TheLadyEnlightener » 15 Nov 2012, 13:50

For starters I am hoping that "An Lucht Lonrach" means the shining ones - or I will have a headache - LOL.

What I am looking for please is someone to tell me how it pronounced. It's part of my business name up to now I just get away with writing it down.
I am learning Irish - just bought Teach Yourself Irish. But this could take a wee bit of time. LOL.

Thanks for taking time to read this.

Hopefully someone will be able to get back to me on this..

Cheers

Linda
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Re: How to pronounce please

Postby treegod » 15 Nov 2012, 23:31

I think Irish pronunciation can vary, depending on dialect. If I was on the right computer I'd record this, but at the moment I can't, so I'll try going through this Wiki article and try to decipher something from it.

an: could be pronounced how you might say it, though with a more "open" <a> (think with Irish accent, perhaps).

<l> as usual, and <u> as in book (short oo), <ch> as in Spanish <j> or Scottish loch, and <t> as usual.

<o> before <n> is pronounced the same as <u> above (there's a range of possibilities in other positions), <r> as a "tapped" r, as in Spanish or some Scottish dialects (not rolled), and <d> as usual.

So something like: "an lucht lunrad"

Hope it helps. :duck: :wink:

edit: I don't speak it, and don't know how to pronounce it (apart from a few technical clues), but there should be someone here that can confirm. :)
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