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gh and dh sounds

melissa murray — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:53:57 GMT

A Éamoin, Could you post some sound files of words with "gh" and "dh" (specifically "dh") in the beginning and middle of words to help with the

I'm Sad in OKC.

create2free — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:59:43 GMT

I am sad because when I signed up I had every intention to fully participate in this group. Circumstances have developed that have kept me from my studies. I

CEACHT a SEACHT - Lesson Seven

?amon Jeffers — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:33:07 GMT

A chairde, You've already learned about 80% of the rules of Irish phonetics. That probably means you've forgotten much of what you learnt at the start ? so,

Irish Calendar

Laura R — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:59:30 GMT

Good Morning! I got the Scots calendar and it is indeed beautiful; thank you. However, I seem to remember an Irish one that went around a while back. Do you by

RE: [philostartingtolearn] CEACHT a CÚIG - lesson five

Éamon Jeffers — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:31:02 GMT

<> I've noticed YahooGroups has been playing up recently - says a file isn't

CEACHT a S? - lesson six

?amon Jeffers — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:24:19 GMT

A chairde, Time to go forward to Aspirated Consonants. The correct linguistic term is 'lenited', but this has traditionally been called 'aspirated' in English

Re: [philostartingtolearn] CEACHT a CÚIG - lesson five

laura morrison — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:26:11 GMT

Hi Eamon, Was unable to access the 3rd sound file. It said that it is unavailable. Yours Aye, Laura Morrison-Roets ... From: Éamon Jeffers

CEACHT a C?IG - lesson five

?amon Jeffers — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:04:25 GMT

A chairde, Some consolidation this week. Up to now we've concentrated on individual sounds, so now we want to use those sounds in complete words. There are

QUIZ - ceisti?ch?n

?amon Jeffers — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:55:55 GMT

Ceisti?ch?n ? Quiz This week we have a quiz, rather than a new lesson. You can mark it yourselves (I'll put the answers in the files section, under 00.

Re: The Vocative case -Corrections welcome

Éamon Jeffers — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:28:42 GMT

Yes, you have it for female names. The initial consonant (if there is one) is 'aspirated'. We will be covering aspirated consonants in next week's lesson. The

The Vocative case -Corrections welcome

ANNETTE BOYLE — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:53:50 GMT

For the following names Anne -------- A Aine Clare ---------A Chlare Carolyn ------- A Charolyn Bronac------A Bhronac An Bhfuil me ceart?

Re: R versus D - was RE: [philostartingtolearn] pronouciation of

S. Kocsis — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:25:25 GMT

Thank you! Here, they do sound more like I'd expected. The comparison does help. sk ... <<< Unexpectedly (to me) the word " abair" (to say, tell) with the

Re: R versus D - was RE: [philostartingtolearn] pronouciation of

S. Kocsis — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:14:37 GMT

Thank you! Here, they do sound more like I'd expected. The comparison does help. sk ... <<< Unexpectedly (to me) the word " abair" (to say, tell) with the

R versus D - was RE: [philostartingtolearn] pronouciation of r

Éamon Jeffers — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:32:52 GMT

<<< Unexpectedly (to me) the word "abair" (to say, tell) with the terminal slender "r" sounds more like a "d" than any sort of "r." ... Well, I think it sounds

Re: pronouciation of r

S. Kocsis — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:48:00 GMT

Unexpectedly (to me) the word " abair" (to say, tell) with the terminal slender "r" sounds more like a "d" than any sort of "r." Can you explain what's going