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Help[Opinions] KOIT-leen..?! I never would have guessed! I don't know if it would be as popular here w/ that pronunciation! (nt)
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There are various ways of saying it. This site says the pronounciation is KAHT-leen, others say KAHCH-leen, but where I live we say KOIT-leen. There should be a fada (forward accent) on the last i. This lengthens the sound. The pronunciation would never be KAYT-lin because -ín (pronounced een) is a diminutive ending, like -y would be in English. "-lin" sounds like linn, the word for pond or pool.
There are various ways of saying it. This site says the pronounciation is KAHT-leen, others say KAHCH-leen, but where I live we say KOIT-leen. There should be a fada (forward accent) on the last i. This lengthens the sound. The pronunciation would never be KAYT-lin because -ín (pronounced een) is a diminutive ending, like -y would be in English. "-lin" sounds like linn, the word for pond or pool.
This message was edited 3/8/2009, 11:10 AM
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I guess I would need to expose myself to the Irish language and pronunciation a bit more to understand what the forward accent does. But, is the primary stress on the first or second syllable?
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The first. What I meant was the fada gives the i an "ee" sound.
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