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04 Jul 02 - 02:00 PM (#742331) Subject: Spoken Irish From: Dragonmom Can anyone tell me how to say Sidhe, phonetically? Thanks, Martha |
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04 Jul 02 - 02:05 PM (#742333) Subject: RE: Spoken Irish From: Big Mick Sheve would be a fair pronounciation. |
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04 Jul 02 - 03:10 PM (#742362) Subject: RE: Spoken Irish From: Emma B The Bean Sidhe (lit the woman fairy) is usually written as the banshee (the d when followed by h is usually not prononced as in ceilidh, bodhran etc. . .) |
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04 Jul 02 - 03:13 PM (#742364) Subject: RE: Spoken Irish From: MartinRyan What was the context for the word? Looks like an old speling of a word for "fairy" - which would be pronounced "she", basically. Regards |
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04 Jul 02 - 03:40 PM (#742378) Subject: RE: Spoken Irish From: weepiper Sidhe is how you spell it in Scottish Gaelic, and yeah, 'shee' is close enough. |
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04 Jul 02 - 05:12 PM (#742442) Subject: RE: Spoken Irish From: mack/misophist Like written Thibetan, written Gaelic is almost a sacred language. The philology boffins claim it was once pronounced as it's spelled. |
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04 Jul 02 - 05:20 PM (#742446) Subject: RE: Spoken Irish From: GUEST,JTT Shee is close. The Irish sound for "sh" is made differently from the English one; in Irish the sound is made with the tongue pointed forward near the front teeth, while the English "sh" is made with the tongue flattened and the teeth close together - the Irish one is nearer "sss", and yet is identifiably a "sh" sound. Similarly, the English "ee" sound is also made with the tongue relaxed and fairly flat in the mouth, while the Irish sound is more forward in the mouth. But hell, everyone will understand you if you say "shee". That's all that matters in the first place. One of the things that's killing Irish is that everyone expects to be perfect straight away, so there's no "shaping" of one's skills from a basic skill towards a greater one. My advice to you is say "shee" and let anyone who objects do the other thing. |
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04 Jul 02 - 08:16 PM (#742547) Subject: RE: Spoken Irish From: GUEST,Dragonmom Thank all of you so much! I love to hear it spoken and sometimes I really would like to learn it. But, I still have problems with English. Thanks again, Martha |
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05 Jul 02 - 05:15 AM (#742742) Subject: RE: Spoken Irish From: Mr Happy sheesh! |
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05 Jul 02 - 05:54 AM (#742758) Subject: RE: Spoken Irish From: GUEST,Dragonmom HAAA! Thanks Mr. Happy |