The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #25844   Message #306139
Posted By: RedCelt
26-Sep-00 - 07:45 PM
Thread Name: Gaelic help for the wannabe
Subject: Gaelic help for the wannabe
Hey All,

I've spent my first lovely week here popping in and out of the cafe. (In-bloody-credible place, by the by...)

I've found lots of lovely Gaelic songs, but I think I sprained my jaw butchering the pronunciations. Does anyone have a good source for phonetically spelled words, phrases or songs for those of us who haven't (yet) been able to squeeze in time for a language class?

I've a good ear, and can do well with words after hearing them, and can do better than fair with good phonetics; but the few "simplified rules" I've found for Gaelic pronunciations have more conflicts that a theolgical debate.

Thanks All, (and at the risk of misspelling what I've only heard) Slan Go Fioll Jeff