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Pronounciation please

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  • 20-06-2010 11:41am
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    EGAR
    Registered Users Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭


    Can somebody on here tell me how "Seolan" is pronounced, please?

    Thank you!


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    tuisginideach
    Registered Users Posts: 2,052 ✭✭✭tuisginideach


    Is it a name - you have a capital letter for it. The only sinmilar word I know is seolán which means an electric lead and would be pronounced 'show' + 'lawn'.


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    EGAR
    Registered Users Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭EGAR


    It's the name of Fionn mac Cumhaill dog, the other one was called Bran.

    But I have no idea how to pronounce it. Someone from Donegal suggested Sko-lan. Is that correct?


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    tuisginideach
    Registered Users Posts: 2,052 ✭✭✭tuisginideach


    Is it not Sceolaing then, rather than Seolan? Sceolaing would be pronounced something like 'Sko - ling' (as in the fish)


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    EGAR
    Registered Users Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭EGAR


    I have no idea, I don't speak Irish and Seolan was the spelling I was given. I googled it to find out how it is spoken and found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Hounds


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    tuisginideach
    Registered Users Posts: 2,052 ✭✭✭tuisginideach


    I only ever saw it written as SCeolaing - and the 'c' or 'k' sound is slender so it's not just 'sko', as in 'scone' but 'skeo' as in the word 'skite'


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    EGAR
    Registered Users Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭EGAR


    Thank you very much!!


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    Bougeoir
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    'Sceolaing' I'd pronounce it as 'shko-ling' the 'sc' is slender since it is followed by an 'e'. ;)


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