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scoobytyson wrote:The following is of course an approximation only. It is predominantly Munster dialect (I'm not a native speaker, so like many 'experienced learners' I will have been influenced by other dialects also. A person with Ulster Irish would pronounce this very differently. Some sounds are difficult to represent using English spelling. I'm not 100% happy with my approximation of the underlined sounds in the following words for example: Tuinnte / Ar Ghallaibh
A hayurlish oh-ig, a vick ree hay-mish
shay muh voor-chrach (ch as in 'loch') duh threel oss (rhymes with 'toss') airing,
Gone tinteh bro-ig urt, stuck-a noo lay-neh
och (rhymes with loch) duh choss-kirt lesh nuh goh-liv (as in got)
Shay muh layn gayr noch veckihm
murr maying byo (rhymes with 'show') na yeeg och shoch-tin
Shayr-luss og (rhymes with 'rogue') iss mee-leh gosh-keeuch (gosh rhymes with 'cosh')
egg foe-gurt foyne ar goh-liv
Taw Shayr-luss og egg tree-ul harr soil-yeh
beg she-ud lesh-sun Frohn-kig iss Spoi-nig
ow-gig arm-ha lesh mohr garda
iss bwinhig she-ud rink-eh oss ay-rick-ig (ay as in hay)
Thank you very much.
By the way, I prefer the Munster dialect as my ancestors were from Munster (Kerry & Cork).