Pronounciation please

EGAR · 20-06-2010 11:41AM #1

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

Thank you!

tuisginideach · 20-06-2010 09:03PM

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'.

EGAR · 20-06-2010 09:39PM

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?

tuisginideach · 20-06-2010 09:50PM

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

EGAR · 20-06-2010 10:32PM

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

tuisginideach · 21-06-2010 07:28AM

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'

EGAR · 21-06-2010 09:34AM

Thank you very much!!

Bougeoir · 22-06-2010 12:36AM

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

Pronounciation please

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