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Authors: David W. McCullough
CONSONANTS
Consonants at the beginning of a word have the same sound as they do in English, except that C is always pronounced K.
Within words, consonants are pronounced as follows:
B = V
C = G or K
D = TH (as in that)
G = soft GH
M = V (in most cases)
S followed or preceded by an E or an I = SH
T = D.
VOWELS
Short vowels are pronounced as in English, while long vowels (which are marked by an accent when in the lower case, no accents in capital letters) are pronounced as follows:
A = awe
E = ay
I = ee
O = owe
U = ee
E at the end of a word is pronounced.
The pronunciation of vowel combinations is as follows:
AI = A in the first syllable; 0 elsewhere
IU = U
UI = I
EI = E.
FREQUENTLY USED NAMES AND | |
Ath | Awth |
Aedh | AA (as in day) |
Badb | Bibe |
Bodb | Bove |
Conchubar | Conachboor |
Cuailgne | Cooley |
Cuchulain | C’hoolin |
Dun | Doon |
Emain | Avvan |
Eoghan | Owen |
Laeg | Loygh |
Lugh | Loo |
Mag Tured | Moy Tura |
Medb | Mave |
Midhe | Mee |
Niamh | Neev |
Og | Og |
Sidhe | Shee |
Suibne | Suivnee |
Tain | Toin |
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DAVID WILLIS McCULLOUGH’s most recent book is a historical anthology,
Chronicles of the Barbarians: Firsthand Accounts of Pillage and Conquest from the Ancient World to the Fall of Constantinople.
His other anthologies include
American Childhoods
and
Great Detectives.
He is also the author of
Brooklyn … and How It Got That Way
(an informal social history),
People, Books and Book People
(interviews with authors), and the mystery novels
Think on Death
and
Point No-Point.
McCullough and his wife, Frances, live in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
Copyright © 2002 by David Willis McCullough
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