Irish Translation Forum

i picked out what i wanted as my tattoo, now i just need help with the pronunciation of it. thanks all.



"Bain ceol as an saol"

"Bain ceol as an saol"
/bwin k-yole oss on SAY-ul/

any other opinions? much appreciated.

Should it not be 'as an tsaol'?

No idea why (grammatically), but 'as an saol' sounds wrong to me.

I was wondering the same... so I'm not crackers after all

it is indeed: leis an tsaol, ar an tsaol...and I found a book title: 'Tá an Tóin ag titim as an tSaol'

here we say

as an saol
ar an saol
leis an saol

darn Ulster dialect

Méabh wrote:darn Ulster dialect

Actually, in the Ulster dialect - it would usually be "as an tsaol" as you suggested above.

That is fine - but the standard is "as an saol" - which, for a tat, has the advantage of being shorter.

bmac - don't let any of this scare you!

The phrase you have picked is fine (i.e does not need to be changed) and Murchadha's pronunciation looks grand to me and would go down very well in Munster.

Merryploughbhoy wrote:
Actually, in the Ulster dialect - it would usually be "as an tsaol" as you suggested above.

Conor wrote:

Well the title Méabh quoted is by Donegal man Cathal Ó Searcaigh - we wouldn't want to argue with him, now would we?