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GUEST,Dave Rado Lyr Req: Brochan Lom Tana Lom / Hot Porridge Cold (44) RE: Lyr Req: Brochan Lom Tana Lom / Hot Porridge Cold 24 Jan 12


Can anyone who knows Gaelic write all the words out in phonetic-English way so that I can pronounce it properly when singing it? I've heard the second verse in particular pronounced in many very different ways (some of which I can't make out properly, and in any case I don't know which is right and which wrong) - and I've never heard the third verse being sung at all.

Even in the case of the first verse I've heard many different pronunciations of some of the words - for instance, sjould "sùghain" be pronounced like "soo-an" or like "soo-yan"? (I've heard both.) Is "lom" pronounced like "lom" or like "loam"? And so on.

There's something that claims to be a phonetic rendition of the song on scotsindependent.org but it is different from every rendition I've heard - for instance, I've never heard "gillean" in verse 2 pronounced the way "geelyan" would be pronounced if it were an English word (which is my idea of what a phonetic rendition should mean). So I don't trust it.


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