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in reply to a message by Bear
is Grainne pn grawn-ya?
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Anyone speak Irish Gaelic?
I usually live in the UK, so American accents don't matter.
I know Aine is kind of like awn-ya, but when an Irishwoman spent 10 minutes trying to teach me the pn and I never got it right, I'm gave up.
I usually live in the UK, so American accents don't matter.
I know Aine is kind of like awn-ya, but when an Irishwoman spent 10 minutes trying to teach me the pn and I never got it right, I'm gave up.
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Depends on how you pronounce "grawn"! The majority American pronunciation, I think, would be with a long a sound, as if you were singing "fa-la-la-la" and holding the last note. I think. Never heard an American singing "fa-la-la-la" so I could be very wrong.
My impression is that, in the States, Laura and Lara are pretty well identical. When I say them, Lara rhymes with Zara (that long a sound again) and Laura in phonetic script would have the -au- like c, only reversed. Wish I could do it in this program, but no luck.
So, my guess for Grainne would be grahn-ya, with our good friend the long a rather than the mirror-image c.
My impression is that, in the States, Laura and Lara are pretty well identical. When I say them, Lara rhymes with Zara (that long a sound again) and Laura in phonetic script would have the -au- like c, only reversed. Wish I could do it in this program, but no luck.
So, my guess for Grainne would be grahn-ya, with our good friend the long a rather than the mirror-image c.
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In the US (at least in my neck of the woods) Laura is pronounced with a long O sound, LOHR-a. Lara would be LAR-a. LAR rhymes with car.
This message was edited 5/27/2011, 11:52 AM
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Agreed. I'm on the West Coast, Pacific Northwest, if that makes a difference.
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Yes, Grainne would be pronounced "GRAWN-yuh" / "GRAHN-yuh" (which is the same sound for me here in the U.S.).
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