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- From: odlin@reed.edu (Iain Odlin)
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- Subject: Re: Gaelic pronunciation question
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.184121.7474@reed.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 18:41:21 GMT
- References: <9211211337.aa23594@mc.lcs.mit.edu>
- Organization: The Stuffed Animal Trauma Team (We're Trained Professionals)
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- In article <9211211337.aa23594@mc.lcs.mit.edu> SAUNDRSG@qucdn.queensu.ca (Graydon) writes:
- >A new member of Greyfells wants to know how to pronounce "Ard-choille",
- >which is reportedly Scots Gaelic and an ancestral war cry.
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- Pronounced: Ard (one syllable: "A" as in barr"a"ge, "rd" as in ha"rd")
- choille (two syllables [choi'-lyuh]: "ch" as in lo"ch" [a sort
- of gravelly hiss, NOT "CK"], "oi" as in "oi"l, "ll" as in
- mi"ll"ion (an "ly" sort of sound), and "e" as a schwah ("uh")).
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- Meaning: Near as I can remember (my Gaelic is very rusty), it means
- "The high wood." It may possibly refer to a specific forest.
- Each Clan pretty much had its own War Cry, and many of them re-
- fer to a specific place of significance to the family.
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