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Does anyone know how Ní Mheachair (irish) pronounced?
YOU AIN'T SEEN SOMETHING LIKE ME YET!!!
YOU AIN'T SEEN SOMETHING LIKE ME YET!!!
This message was edited 2/2/2008, 9:08 AM
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NEE-VAY-CARE, That is the pronunciation.
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In what language? Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_orthography and you'll see that the digraph is pronounced /a/ when stressed (which is the case here), is /h/, and unstressed is shwa. Hence, NI VAW-HER.
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It should be something like NEE VAW-HER.
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