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Thread #2962   Message #1867569
Posted By: Declan
24-Oct-06 - 04:39 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Peggy Lettermore
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peggy Lettermore / Peigí Leitir Móir
Ok. Just for fun I've tried to phoneticise the words provided by Martin above. Lots of health warnings with this one. It reflects the way I pronounce the words, probably with a slight Dublin accent and having learned a mixture of Gaelic dialects while growing up. Everything is very approximate - you're much better off listening to a recording and trying to make it out for yourself - but I enjoyed having a try at this

By the way Glasgow Green the words are pronounced just as they are spelled, but not the way they are pronounced in English, which is after all a different language.

Peg-gee Leh-cheer Vore

Oh gur-rum gur-rum ee
Og-gus gur-rum ee muh store
Me-leh graw leh mon-nom ee
She peg ee leh-cheer vore

Eye rig soos a feg-geen
Gus shass egg var on ord
Core duh quid bull-lawn
Og-gus fake on will she'd own (rhymes with gown)

Thaw breed og-gums thaw Caw-itch og-gum
She Peg and van iss far
Pay err bi (as in bitch) far a yo (as in yoyo) –us ee
Knock err a vay-us on thaw

Cur may skay-leh sheer coo-hee
Guh gyan-owing dee bawd moor
Shane Scala (as in scalar) quir she near coo-um
Guh nyay-hood lath vawd shoal

Thaw eesh-car-ree nah goll-ya-vah
Egg chocked an ear leh core
Leh sull-lus (as in Seamus Egan) gya lee gill-leh
No guh veck-hid-eesh on tyo-id

Soh gur-rum gur-rum ee
Og-us gur-rum ee muh store
Me -eh graw leh man-nam ee
Iss gyar guh may she more