Today's Irish language lessonalien_ceilidhFebruary 27 2008, 03:51:03 UTC
Ceilidh is pronounced "KAY-lee." The -idh at the end gets an "ee" sound. In Irish, it's more usually spelled ceilí, with the accent over the final i indicating that it gets the long "ee" sound. The dh in Irish is pronounced differently based on where it is in the word and what (if any) vowels follow it. I don't remember all the rules, and an explanation would be too long to bother with. :-)
"Alien Ceilidh" is the name of a track from Scottish fiddle player Alasdair Fraser's latest CD. As soon as I saw it, I thought, ooh, that would make a good user ID for something. It makes me picture Marvin the Martian doing the Highland fling.
Re: Today's Irish language lessonmeowhouseMarch 19 2008, 17:57:11 UTC
I just realized that after this post I never did friend you! So sorry about that. I was looking at my main page today and was all "now why is she not bolded [which indicates mutual friends]?" And I realized I hadn't clicked the little thingy I was supposed to click! It wasn't a snub. :-)
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also, here are your cookies - (;;) it's pixelated, so it will probably taste like, well, pixels. But it's the thought that counts.
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Please tell me how to pronounce "ceilidh." The DH always confuses me in Irish.
Kell-ish? Kell-ith? Kell-ig? Céad míle fáilte if you tell me. :-)
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"Alien Ceilidh" is the name of a track from Scottish fiddle player Alasdair Fraser's latest CD. As soon as I saw it, I thought, ooh, that would make a good user ID for something. It makes me picture Marvin the Martian doing the Highland fling.
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That's a great pick for a username: nobody else will have it, and it's mysterious. Always useful on line ... :-)
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