Mudcat Café message #3776444

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Thread #66992 Message #3776444
Posted By: MartinRyan
03-Mar-16 - 07:47 AM
Thread Name: My Irish Molly-Oh - What's a Cushla?
Subject: RE: My Irish Molly-Oh - What's a Cushla?

FWIW:

Neither Dineen nor Ó Dónaill have a "fada" on that "u". In my experience, when used in Irish, the sound is always the slender, weak one rather than the broad "uh" sound.

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