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"Baill" - conas a fhuaimníonn tu é?

  • 31-03-2012 11:32PM
    #1
    ciaran1212
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    Ní cainteoir dhúchais mé, is mar sin nílim cinnte faoin fhuaimniú fhocail éigin uaireanta. Fuaimním "ball" mar "bah-wl",
    Ach níl a fhois agam faoi "baill" (má gcaithfidh mé buille faoi tuairim a thabhairt, déarfainn "bah-il"). An bhfuil eolas ag aon duine?


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  • #2
    mr chips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 783 ✭✭✭mr chips


    Bwill.


  • #3
    Gumbi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,682 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    Baill meaning members? I would pronounce that bweel


  • #4
    ciaran1212
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭ciaran1212


    Go raibh maith agaibh. Agus ceard faoi "ball"? Tá uaim rialtacht le mo fhuaimniú.


  • #5
    Gumbi
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    ciaran1212 wrote: »
    Go raibh maith agaibh. Agus ceard faoi "ball"? Tá uaim rialtacht le mo fhuaimniú.

    bowl (not "bole") but BOWl kind of. What dialect are you learning? It can vary a lot from dialect to dialect, and my suggestion is as good as another (different) one.


  • #6
    mr chips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 783 ✭✭✭mr chips


    In the Ulster dialect it would be somewhere between "baal" and "bwaal".


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  • #7
    ciaran1212
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭ciaran1212


    Gumbi wrote: »
    bowl (not "bole") but BOWl kind of. What dialect are you learning? It can vary a lot from dialect to dialect, and my suggestion is as good as another (different) one.

    That's how I pronounce it as well. I just didn't want to end up saying the singular in one dialect's pronunciation and the plural in a different one. I'm not sure which dialect I'm learning. I know how to pronounce most things (by my own logic, and I'm not sure where it comes from. I'm from Dublin so it's probably just which ever teachers I had growing up), but occasionally I'll come across a word I'm not sure how to pronounce.


  • #8
    Oranage2
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    If the word is member I'd pronounce it as "ball" as in football


  • #9
    Gumbi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,682 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    Oranage2 wrote: »
    If the word is member I'd pronounce it as "ball" as in football

    I've heard that, too.


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