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From: kthier@festival.ed.ac.uk (K Thier)
Subject: Re: Irish/Gaelic in Munich?
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 18:57:31 GMT
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Maelstrom (ccardona@mail2.sas.upenn.edu) wrote:
: Louis Emmet Mahoney (pooka@access.digex.net) wrote:
: : peabody@wam.umd.edu (Fionn Mac Cumhail) writes:


: : Actually, there is a very close correspondence between spelling and sound
: : of Irish words, both before and after the spelling reform.  It's just that

: Of course there is.

: : the letter values are *Gaelic* and not what they are in other languages. 

: Ohhhhh so that's the excuse, eh??

Stop being so arrogant. From an Irish-language point of view (or,
indeed, from the point of view of most european languages, it's english
pronunciation that is nonsensical !!!!)

Catriona

ta/ me/ Gaeilge a fhoghlam, agus is maith liom i/!
