ANSTHRLD - House Mac an Ghabhann
DonnelShaw@aol.com
DonnelShaw at aol.com
Thu Mar 30 14:49:57 PST 2000
In a message dated 3/30/00 1:45:19 PM Central Standard Time,
rbculver at hotmail.com writes:
<< know the "bh" represents a "v" sound in Modern Gaelic according to my
Gaelic-English/ English-Gaelic Dictionary. I also know the name "Siobhan"
is pronounced "shi-vahn". I would make sense with an anglization is migt
have changed to a "w" sound leading to "Gowan". English did not follow the
"w" to "v" consanent shift which happened in the other Germanic languages.
Cyniric
>>
there is also the difference of the OW sound in Gowan and the A (short)sound
in Ghabhann. That means that they each differ on a consonant and a vowel
sound.
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