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Irish Names (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Jake Lambert @LittleLostLad

The spelling of Irish names is my pet piamh

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if its an accent thing but I've allways heard Niamh as "Nee-uv" and not "Neev" and I know quite a few Niamhs.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nee-uv is correct. The 'i' carries the stress, as indicated by the accent, so the 'a' turns into an unstressed vowel /ə/.

To anyone else who has studied Irish, this is purposely a simplification.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ah Ok. I get ya. I wouldnt say I "studied" Irish despite doing it for 16+ years lol. I can read and write it, and speak it, but the actual intricacies of the phonetics is beyond me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I did an MA in Welsh and Celtic Studies at Aberystwyth.

I did a few courses involving Old Irish and Scottish Gaelic, and while I enjoyed them I definitely can not speak any lol

Ond, mae fy Nghymraeg ddim yn ofnadwy.