381.7yr2fossilesque in linguisticsIrish names you’re probably saying wrong and how to pronounce them | CNNhttps://edition.cnn.com/travel/irish-names-pronunciation/index.html
ChapulinColorado @lemmy.world - 1.7yrAs someone who always has his name pronounced different ways (not Irish) I have to say I could not have guessed “Meadhbh” if my life depended on it. 5
Paragone - 1.7yrSo, basically, written Irish isn't so much a language, as, rather, a form of encryption somehow devised by the Irish to prohibit communication? Phil Bolger was right: whomever devised such spellings, to "represent" Irish speech, deserves some quality-time in hell. Yeeks. -2
fossilesque in linguistics
Irish names you’re probably saying wrong and how to pronounce them | CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/irish-names-pronunciation/index.htmlAs someone who always has his name pronounced different ways (not Irish) I have to say I could not have guessed “Meadhbh” if my life depended on it.
So, basically, written Irish isn't so much a language, as, rather, a form of encryption somehow devised by the Irish to prohibit communication?
Phil Bolger was right: whomever devised such spellings, to "represent" Irish speech, deserves some quality-time in hell.
Yeeks.