Gaelic pronounciations needed
Gaelic pronounciations needed
Submitted by Brian Marick's blog on Wed, 25/10/2006 - 16:00.For a mini-talk I'm giving at OOPSLA and possibly part of later talks, I probably need acceptable pronunciations of Gaelic words. I tried Gaelic pronunciation guides I found on the net, but what I'm coming up with can't be right. Here are the words. Do you know how they're pronounced? (Send a description or, better, a sound file.)
Comán (Koe-mahn)
Chonnmhaigh (Chawn-way, where "ch" is as in "loch". Is it really pronounced as strongly as a "ch" at the end?)
Ceallaigh (Kallagh, where "gh" is like the "ch" in "loch" but based on a G - whatever that means.)
Seimhdille (this is where I gave up - I can't figure out anything for that combination.)
Cathal
Óg (that's with a long o, right? So it's pronounced like the first two letters of "ogre".)
Conchobhair
Diarmada
Magh
Luirg
Carraig
Locha
Cé (Kay?)
Update: A Gaelic speaker will be teaching me the right pronunciation at OOPSLA before my talk. Isn't that cool?
