Failte romhat agus Nollaig mhaith duit! You're welcome and Merry Christmas! Agneis -----Original Message----- From: Anderson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 2:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LONGFORD] Irish "Merry Christmas" 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] > > ==== IRL-LONGFORD Mailing List ==== http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=IRL-LONGFORD