ANSTHRLD - House Mac an Ghabhann

DonnelShaw at 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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