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exercise XXIV

§ 156. We have seen in §§75-78 how the short vowels are lengthened in Munster before double consonants. The short vowel-sounds represented by the digraphs in §132, are lengthened in the same way by Munster speakers. Thus—

ea is pronounced e-ou, or almost you
io is pronounced i-oo or almost yoo
ai
oi
ui
ei
In some parts of Munster, all these are pronounced like (ei); as a rule, however, ui is pronounced úi, that is (ee).

§ 157. Words

    Conn. Munster
aill a cliff (al) (eil)
aimsir weather (am'-shir) (eim'-shir)
ceann a head (kaN) (k-youN)
fionn fair-haired (fi-N) (f-yooN)
mioll delay (mwel) (mweil)
suim heed (sim) (seem)
coiste a coach (kōsh'-tĕ) (kōsh'-tĕ)
carbad a coach (kor'-bădh) (kor'-bădh)
sgilling a shilling (sgil'-ing) (sgil'-ing)
tais soft, damp (thash) (thash)

 

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16

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