I have not a word of gaelic and so have to be guided by those who tell me. Everyone I've heard says it that way. Maybe they're all wrong?
David Ritchie, Upton-Without-a-Clue On Nov 30, 2008, at 1:44 PM, Donal McEvoy wrote:
----- Original Message ---- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: wokshevs@xxxxxx Cc: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, 30 November, 2008 19:54:48 Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: St. Andrew's SpeechSlan-ge-vah, or as it's written, "slainte." Maybe there'll be occasion for a drop this evening.Is this so in Scotch? In Irish gaelic the pronunciation is akin to 'slawn-sha'.Dohmnall Casagh an tSugain ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
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