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Bertie the Bunyip
 
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Default [Q] Pronunciation of Cu Chulain

Nik wrote in
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On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 18:45:15 +0100, Alan Smaill
wrote:

Nik writes:

On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 01:30:08 +0100, Alan Smaill
wrote:

Nik writes:

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:56:03 +0200, Halzebier
wrote:

Hi there!

What's the pronunciation of the name "Cu Chulain"?

Koo cullen.

This reminds me why I was disappointed with Irish Gaelic
pronunciation when I first heard it -- it sounds English.

No it doesn't.


Well, not compared to English of course,


Phew.

but the "c" in the above pronunciation is what you get
from our *nglish friends in similar words, eg in Scottish
Gaelic place names -- unlike the local pronunciation here.


Possibly. I could point you in the direction of a few Gaelgeoiri whose
pronunciations do not mirror English ones though.



Waht a fjuckwit.


Bertie