Irish Translation Forum

Thanks Pwyll! ..... not at all what the "bastardized" version of the word told me!!! said "little one"!! no clue where the information came from either!

I am confused. There are so many differing views on how to ponounce this word 'faoileán'. Is there anyone out there who can set the record straight? Who is this frankiedapolo? Who is this habibah? Who is real and who is not real in this forum?

is the 'l' in 'faoileán' broad or slender - hard or soft?. Followed by an 'e' it must be slender. Any views on this from anyone?



rajul

fair play there, flanked by both an i and an e one would certainly think it was a slender l, but sometimes the Munster dialect ignores some of the differentiation that would be made in the Ulster dialect, and also to an untrained ear, some people just don't notice the broad/slender issue.

I've heard the Ulster dialect has the most differentiation in consonants, especially l and r. Any thoughts on that? Conor? Niall Mór?

p.s. get a life yerself, tube

rajul wrote:I am confused. There are so many differing views on how to ponounce this word 'faoileán'. Is there anyone out there who can set the record straight?

rajul

I can. The corredt pronunciation of faoileán is:

FWEE-lawn

Ailill wrote:I can. The corredt pronunciation of faoileán is:

FWEE-lawn

no, that's the way you say it. i say

Fwale-in

kbmartin wrote:Niall-

As it happens, I've studied (and forgotten) Russian, and have ready access to many native speakers. The advice was unexpectedly useful.

The advice I was given when learning Russian was that for us anglophones, if it doesn't hurt you don't have your tongue quite right.

-Kevin

Know what you mean . During my Czech studies learning how to pronounce ř (r rolled off the front of your mouth right behind your teeth) I struggled and struggled to get it right. After two years I thought I had perfected my accent on it and when I spoke to people they laughed at me because they said I sounded like a six year old who was just learning how to pronounce it correctly. I thought to myself... "Well atleast I sound like I am learning instead of where I was 2 years ago." HAHA!