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in reply to a message by louise fielder
I think an approxomate pronunciation would be BAWD-akh na NULL-ig. The kh sound is the same as the ch in loch.
This message was edited 9/22/2008, 8:06 AM
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Interesting - that's the pronunciation in Irish too. We don't say Bodach na Nollaig though - in fact bodach has a different meaning in Irish. I think the Irish is Daidi na Nollaig.
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lol I looked up Bodach in the Irish dictionary, it says it means 'lout'?! brings a whole new meaning to Christmas! Even without the double meaning Daidi na Nollaig sounds a more friendly character to me.
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