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    1. RE: [LONGFORD] Gaelic pronunciation requested
    2. Agnes M

    3. I've studied some Irish but that looks like Scottish Gaelic to me. It's similar but there are mulitple differences. Nollaig (Christmas) pron. "Null-ig" Chridheil ( I don't know what that means or how to pronounce it; I don't think it's Irish.) agus means "and" pron. "ogg-us" Bliadhna means "year" pron. "blee-uh-nuh" with emphasis on the first syllable. mhath means "well" or "good" - pron wah (yes, it has a "w" sound) Ur = n pron "oor" But better than that, check out http://www.daltai.com/home.htm If you click on the phrases in Irish and turn up your speakers, you'll hear it spoken by a native speaker. Agnes -----Original Message----- From: Anderson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 12:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LONGFORD] Gaelic pronunciation requested Nollaig chridheil agus bliadhna mhath ùr! Anybody on this List proficient in Gaelic? The above is said to mean Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I'd appreciate it if someone could offer a phonetic transcription so I can pronounce it correctly. Thanks in advance. Nollaig Chridheil! And, to paraphrase Tiny Tim: "Athair ar Neamh, Dia linn". Andy ==== IRL-LONGFORD Mailing List ==== ~It's often a man's mouth broke his nose.~

    12/23/2004 10:08:30
    1. Irish "Merry Christmas"
    2. Anderson

    3. Thank you, Agnes, for the pronunciations and for the web site. Some web sites do identify the version I gave [Nollaig chridheil agus bliadhna mhath ùr] as being Scots Gaelic, as you pointed out. According to various sites one Irish version is: Nolag mhaith dhuit agus bliain nua fe mhaise. Interesting to compare these words for Christmas: Irish "Nolag", variously spelled; Welsh "Nadolig" Italian "Natale". Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Agnes M" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 2:08 PM Subject: RE: [LONGFORD] Gaelic pronunciation requested > I've studied some Irish but that looks like Scottish Gaelic to me. It's > similar but there are mulitple differences. > > Nollaig (Christmas) pron. "Null-ig" > > Chridheil ( I don't know what that means or how to pronounce it; I don't > think it's Irish.) > > agus means "and" pron. "ogg-us" > > Bliadhna means "year" pron. "blee-uh-nuh" with emphasis on the first > syllable. > > mhath means "well" or "good" - pron wah (yes, it has a "w" sound) > > Ur = n pron "oor" > > But better than that, check out http://www.daltai.com/home.htm If you > click on the phrases in Irish and turn up your speakers, you'll hear it > spoken by a native speaker. > > Agnes > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anderson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 12:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LONGFORD] Gaelic pronunciation requested > > > Nollaig chridheil agus bliadhna mhath ùr! > > Anybody on this List proficient in Gaelic? The above is said to mean > Merry > Christmas and Happy New Year. I'd appreciate it if someone could offer a > phonetic transcription so I can pronounce it correctly. Thanks in > advance. > > Nollaig Chridheil! And, to paraphrase Tiny Tim: "Athair ar Neamh, Dia > linn". > > Andy > > > > > > > ==== IRL-LONGFORD Mailing List ==== > ~It's often a man's mouth broke his nose.~ > > > > > ==== IRL-LONGFORD Mailing List ==== > To Unsubscribe: Send email to [email protected] > Put ONLY the word unsubscribe in the message. > For digest the address is [email protected] > [If you take the LIST you can't unsub from the DIGEST & vice versa] > >

    12/23/2004 04:29:35