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Thread #20364   Message #213514
Posted By: alison
18-Apr-00 - 02:41 AM
Thread Name: Bodhran Tips
Subject: RE: Bodhran Tips
Renee, you have 3 real choices for pronounciation... but the rule is NEVER sound the "d".

In Northern Ireland it is pronounced bo-rawn (like bow and arrow)

In the Republic of Ireland it is bow-rawn (like the bough of a tree)

and in Scotland it is bor-ann (bor like in boring)

slainte

alison