Connacht or Connaught?

Rebelheart

Which do you use?

I've noticed in the past few days that more than one person has used the spelling 'Connaught', a spelling which I've always associated with British people or undereducated Irish people.

Which one do you use?

ScumLord

Rebelheart wrote: »

Which do you use?

I've noticed in the past few days that more than one person has used the spelling 'Connaught', a spelling which I've always associated with British people or undereducated Irish people.

Which one do you use?

Pronounced properly there isn't enough letters in the alphabet to spell it.

Bonito

Rebelheart wrote: »

Which do you use?

I've noticed in the past few days that more than one person has used the spelling 'Connaught', a spelling which I've always associated with British people or undereducated Irish people.

Which one do you use?

What?

If you're that hung up about how people spell a word, you should leave the internet alone.

FWIW, I spell it one way one day and another way another day, depends on what mood I'm in.

FreudianSlippers

Connaught

Connacht or Connachta

Oranage2

I've never had to use any of them ever in a sentence except when i'm telling spud farmers to go to Connacht or hell

Wibbs

Colour me a West Brit and uneducated then. Cue dlofnep hopping up and down going "I bloody told ya all!!" only in perfect Irish

TheBigLebowski

Connaught

Oranage2 wrote: »

I've never had to use any of them ever in a sentence except when i'm telling spud farmers to Connacht or hell

Until now...

cloonton

Well, the Presentation Sisters of CONNAUGHT could be relied upon in my day. I always took the annoying Connacht spelling as a sop to our rugby competitors over the water.

starbelgrade

The spelling Connaught reflects the former English practice — in Ireland, though not in Scotland — of representing the Gaelic voiceless velar fricative /x/ as gh (compare lough for loch), gh having been used in Middle English for the same sound.

Although this sound later disappeared from standard English, the spelling of words like "thought" and "caught" remained unaltered -- and in a further anglicisation the "new" English pronunciation of -aught was even applied in Britain to titles like that of the Duke of Connaught.

In Ireland the original pronunciation remained intact, the Gaelic-style spelling Connacht now used more often in English. It may have gained currency by mistranslation of the Irish name into English: in Irish, the form Cúige Chonnacht 'province of Connacht' is almost always used, and this may have led to people misunderstanding genitive case Connacht as the Gaelic version instead of nominative case Connachta.


I nicked that from wiki to make me sound like a). I know what I'm talking about & b). I give a fuck. Neither could be further from the truth.

alwaysadub

I used to spell it Connacht, but lately i've noticed it spelled Connaught, for example there's a website for jobs and it's spelt Connaught on it. I can't say i've had to write or spell out the word since i was in school, so i don't lose any sleep over it tbh.

FreudianSlippers

Connaught

cloonton wrote: »

Well, the Presentation Sisters of CONNAUGHT could be relied upon in my day. I always took the annoying Connacht spelling as a sop to our rugby competitors over the water.

What?

Bonito

OisinT wrote: »

What?

Your sig. It speaks truth.

cloonton

OisinT wrote: »

What?

check it out: http://www.connachtrugby.ie/index.php

Herb Powell

WTF?
I've never seen it spelled "Connacht"

starbelgrade

Herb Powell wrote: »

WTF?
I've never seen it spelled "Connacht"

You've never been to Connacht then.

Dudess

Connaught

Wow... associating the spelling of one measly word with under-educated Irish people? How arrogant can you get...

I spell it "Connacht" because it's faster, but I would have assumed either is correct.

FreudianSlippers

Connaught

cloonton wrote: »

check it out: http://www.connachtrugby.ie/index.php

But they spell it Connacht How is that a "sop" to anyone?

google faps

Connaught

Connacht if you're Irish.

ScumLord

alwaysadub wrote: »

I used to spell it Connacht, but lately i've noticed it spelled Connaught, for example there's a website for jobs and it's spelt Connaught on it.

You should have complained, if they changed it you should have sent them another email calling them spineless.

cloonton

OisinT wrote: »

But they spell it Connacht How is that a "sop" to anyone?

well, at first glance you have to admit it's not as unpronounceable as the alternative

Bonito

Are you talking about the province or the butter?

orourkeda

The wesht

Rebelheart

Connaught

Dudess wrote: »

Wow... associating the spelling of one measly word with under-educated Irish people?

Ah Dudess, me auld flower ... speaking of undereducated Irish people....

Killer Pigeon

Connaught

Smelly cows or smelly cattle?

Bonito

google faps wrote: »

Connacht if you're Irish.

**** it lads, I'm not Irish after all.

I tuk yer jerbs!!!!!!!!!

Warper

Well GAA.ie spells it Connacht so lets go with this

Bonito

Rebelheart wrote: »

Ah Dudess, me auld flower ... speaking of undereducated Irish people....

23 posts in and we have the 1st sly dig.

FreudianSlippers

Connaught

Bonito wrote: »

23 posts in and we have the 1st sly dig.

I'd hardly call it sly

starbelgrade

Bonito wrote: »

23 posts in and we have the 1st sly dig.

The first sly dig was actually in the first post.

alwaysadub

ScumLord wrote: »

You should have complained, if they changed it you should have sent them another email calling them spineless.

Yeah,but that'd actually involve a bit of effort on my part..

P_1

Connaught

Connacht is an Irish province containing Counties Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Roscommon and Leitrim.

Connaught is a hotel in London.

mudokon

Bonito wrote: »

23 posts in and we have the 1st sly dig.

The first post had a sly dig too, comparing British people with under educated Irish people.

stovelid

West Connaughtshire.

Rebelheart

Connaught

pithater1 wrote: »

Connacht is an Irish province containing Counties Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Roscommon and Leitrim.

Connaught is a hotel in London.

Now you're talking! (or "your talking!" as the 'Connaught' brigade would say. hehe)

Bonito

starbelgrade wrote: »

The first sly dig was actually in the first post.

Ah yeah but that was a universal dig. His second one was personal, dirty, cheap, unprovoked and underhanded.

starbelgrade

Sometimes I pronounce it as Connacht, sometimes as Connaught, depending on whether I'm speaking to an Irish person or an English person.

I'd hate to confuse anyone.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

I've always spelt it Connaught, never really thought about it and always assumed 'connacht' was the incorrect spelling for some reason
Being from connaught I can tell you that it's usually spelled connaught

Bonito

starbelgrade wrote: »

Sometimes I pronounce it as Connacht, sometimes as Connaught, depending on whether I'm speaking to an Irish person or an English person.

I'd hate to confuse anyone.

Remember to roll your "r".

Dudess

Connaught

Rebelheart wrote: »

Ah Dudess, me auld flower ... speaking of undereducated Irish people....

Being in disagreement with you/not hating the English/enjoying a lot of British culture isn't the same as under-educated.

stovelid

Rebelheart wrote: »

Ah Dudess, me auld flower ... speaking of undereducated Irish people....

It's not often such small posts combine sexism, excruciating cod-colloquialism, cheap unwarranted digs and imbecility.

Quite a feat.

Tom Slick

Connaught

Connaught sounds like something you'd name your British army regiment after.

Dudess

Connaught

OisinT wrote: »

I'd hardly call it sly

Yup, it was more blatant than sly, which implies sneaky.

galwayrush

Connaught

Never bothered me which way it's spelt.

FreudianSlippers

Connaught

galwayrush wrote: »

Never bothered me which way it's spelt.

Idiot

Obviously kidding btw. Don't want to get banned over nothing again!

Micky Dolenz

Rebelheart infracted.

Be civil or you'll be taking a break.

Rebelheart

Connaught

Dudess wrote: »

Being in disagreement with you/not hating the English/enjoying a lot of British culture isn't the same as under-educated.

Right on, Dudess, right on. Bud, like. You know.

Rebelheart

Connaught

stovelid wrote: »

It's not often such small posts combine sexism, excruciating cod-colloquialism, cheap unwarranted digs and imbecility.

I unequivocally accept your expertise on the subject, Stovelid.

FreudianSlippers

Connaught

Rebelheart wrote: »

I unequivocally accept your expertise on the subject, Stovelid.

Now THAT was a sly dig!

Bonito

OisinT wrote: »

Now THAT was a sly dig!

'Cause Stovelid is from England?

stovelid

Rebelheart wrote: »

I unequivocally accept your expertise on the subject, Stovelid.

Your forked baroque words are like those of the oppressor, comrade.

Have we a fifth-columnist in our midst?

FreudianSlippers

Connaught

Bonito wrote: »

'Cause Stovelid is from England?

I think the implication was that stovelid's posts combine sexism, excruciating cod-colloquialism, cheap unwarranted digs and imbecility.

lol.. or maybe I'm reading too far into it?