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The Sinn Féin 'T'

imme · 2020-01-20 22:42:09

Sinn Féin politicians have a particular way of enunciating the letter 't'. I'm specifically thinking of Eoin O'Broin and Mary Lou Mc. Peader Toibín, former Sinn Féin TD, now leader of Aontú, who?, what?, yes exactly, anyway, he hasn't lost it and has kept his Sinn Féin 't'. Has anyone else noticed this.

20-01-2020 10:42pm

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imme

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Sinn Féin politicians have a particular way of enunciating the letter 't'.

I'm specifically thinking of Eoin O'Broin and Mary Lou Mc.

Peader Toibín, former Sinn Féin TD, now leader of Aontú, who?, what?, yes exactly, anyway, he hasn't lost it and has kept his Sinn Féin 't'.

Has anyone else noticed this.

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#2 20-01-2020 10:43pm

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No

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#3 20-01-2020 10:45pm

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Me neither.

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#4 20-01-2020 10:48pm

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Mary Lou and Eoin were both educated in fee paying private schools. They must have picked it up there.

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#5 20-01-2020 10:56pm

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The treasure is buried under a big 'T'

All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.

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#6 20-01-2020 11:06pm

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A lot of them have it. I think it comes from pronouncing the T as if they were speaking Irish, so when saying Irish person or place names they have a tendency to do it and it sounds OK. Its when they slip into it - Gerry Adams has it strongly - when pronouncing a normal English word that it sounds odd.

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#7 20-01-2020 11:06pm

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semTex

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#8 20-01-2020 11:27pm

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Do you mean T as in tiocfaidh?

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