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Dáil => Dawl or Doyle?

Iwasfrozen · 2016-03-07 18:25:57

So this is something that's been confusing me for a while and I'm wondering if you guys could shed some light. Common convention in and out of the media has Dáil pronounced as Dawl but I've heard a lot of people say it should be pronounced as Doyle. From my (extremely basic) level of Irish and the help of google I've…

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#62 09-04-2016 9:46am
David Webb

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ezra_pound wrote: »

Is there such a word as reely?

What do you mean reely vs. Really? 'Ea' and 'ee' in English are pronounced the EXACT same.
E.g. meat beat treat real deal tea mean

The old Ea sound can be heard in the pronunciation by some of "Tay, bayte, mayte' etc. For tea beat meat.

One of the few exceptions in which the vowel sound never fully shifted is great.

Kate is clearly saying that, just as in the word "really", there is a diphthong in Fianna.

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