[Loch-Ruadh] cheeze

[Madelina de Lindesay]

Padraig,

I thought it was pronounced suh-VAIN.  I understand if the aspirated consonant is a "broad" consonant, it sounds like a w, but if it is a "slender" consonant, it gets the v sound.  Honestly, I don't know the difference between the two, but I'm wondering if maybe it's sort of like "The Great Vowel Shift", in that the pronounciation has changed over time.  Or perhaps different dialects having different pronunciations.  Would Irish Gaelic be significantly different from Scots Gaelic?

In any case, I never thought about it, but yeah, a Scadian with lots of nice garb could really clean up at Halloween costume contests.

LOL

Madelina

-----Original Message-----
From: Pádraig Ruad Ó Maolagáin <padraig_ruad at irishbard.org>
Sent: Oct 20, 2005 5:13 PM
To: j_greywolf at earthlink.net, "Shire of Loch Ruadh, Kingdom of Ansteorra, SCA,
	Inc." <loch-ruadh at ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Loch-Ruadh] cheeze

Everybody must be getting ready for Samhain (pronounced SOU-wen (with sou
as in south), also known as All Hallows Eve or Halloween to you non-Celtic
folk).  The company I work for just announced a best costume contest, with
a first prize of $35.  For a Scadian with a trunk full of garb, that seems
almost too easy.  :-)

Padraig

Wolfie said:
> it sure is quite out here!    almost scary  !
>
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> wolfie !