Pronunciation of the Dáil

Saint_Mel

I know there was a similar thread on the Gardai and not sure if this was
done already but the pronunciation of the Dáil is getting on my goat.

When I was in school, many moons ago, it was always pronounced "Dall"
(like tall but with a d) but from hearing it on the news it seems to have added
in a few letters and sounds like Doyle!

Was I taught wrong all these years, or is it a D4-ing of the word!

seamus

It's the accent on the a. Dall or Doyle are acceptable. Depends on your twang. You should hear how they speak Irish in Tír Chonaill!

FunkZ

I've only ever heard it pronounced as d-all?!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i would have said d(t)all.. but probably learned the 'doyle' one..

Dave!

I seem to remember learning a bit about pronunciation in school...... Something to do with the i following the á.......

I'd go with the 'Doyle'-sounding pronunciation.

Piste

it's the I after the A that gives it the twang, if it were spelled "dál" it would be pronounced "dawl", but because i's "dáIl" it's pronounced "daw-eel", or "doyle"

zuutroy

Somewhere between Dall and Doyle imo

Saint_Mel

zuutroy wrote: »

Somewhere between Dall and Doyle imo

I've always pronounced it D-all, and until recently only ever heard it pronounced
D-all, but a while back a cousin who is in school came home giving out about
some teacher he has who is from England and pronounces it "Doyle".
He reckoned it was her English accent.

But since then, I've noticed them pronounce it with an "o" sound on the
news.

robinph

I had some guy with an English accent stop me a while back and ask for directions to what he though was a pub called The Doll.

galwayrush

What are the ettics on how to pronounce it.:D

monkeyfudge

The BBC use the 'doyle' pronunciation. They haven't got a great track record in pronouncing Irish words so I've always gone with 'dall' myself.

Em, yeah because of the I, it should be pronounced "Daw-ill". When pronounced quickly or in TV/Radio presenter-speak it comeas out as Doyle.

leninbenjamin

i've always said dawl.

Piste wrote: »

it's the I after the A that gives it the twang, if it were spelled "dál" it would be pronounced "dawl", but because i's "dáIl" it's pronounced "daw-eel", or "doyle"

would there not be a fada on the i if this were the case? same thing is in tiomáin but we don't pronounce it tiom-oyne.

EamonnKeane

Deleted User wrote: »

Em, yeah because of the I, it should be pronounced "Daw-ill".

No it shouldn't. The i is there to indicate a slender L sound. So it's pronounced broad D - aw - slender L.

Dave!

leninbenjamin wrote: »

i've always said dawl.



would there not be a fada on the i if this were the case? same thing is in tiomáin but we don't pronounce it tiom-oyne.

We don't?

connundrum

I'd always been told 'Daaall'.

But the christian brothers could have been wrong, they often were