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Originally Posted by HarryT
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Originally Posted by NatCh
Well, better brownies than sídhe, I suppose. The mushrooms are so annoying.
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Gaelic has to be the language which has the least resemblance between the appearance of a word and its pronounciation  .
In case anyone doesn't know, "sidhe" is pronounced "she". |
I used to work with a gal named Niamh -- pronounced "nēv". There was also a guy whose name was pronounced "kəthal" which I couldn't begin to spell. Oddly enough, most folks couldn't handle pronouncing his name and just called him "Charlie," I got it easily after hearing it only 3 or 4 times.
