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nah, i was just saying that's the way they pronounce it

OK - I'm not trying to be argumentative (honest).
I'm just saying that these are plenty of progs on RNG where you will hear "ah yan-oo".

The only time I turn it on i seem to be listening to a 96yr old man and lots of jig music

but maybe that's just me (probably is)

Listen at Barrscéalta, the woman is from Gaoth Dobhair and i speak exactly the same Irish as her (but she speaks better than me since sh'es a native speaker). And she says "ah yay-noo", and plenty of strange things that we say in Gaoth Dobhair only (for example, 4 is ceathair "kyay-hie"). And most people that are being interviewed by her are from Donegal as well, so no "ah jee-niv" there !


Beir buaidh


Pwyll

I was just saying that that's the way I say it

Gaoth Dobhair does have some peculiarities.

Terminal slender R is usually silent or barely voiced hence GEE-dough-ee (slight exageration)

á can be pronounced slender eg Dhá - yea

among other little quirks.

As does Toraigh and Cloich an Fhaola

At the risk of being contentious most teachers/academics agree that Rann na Féirste Irish is the purest in Ulster.