[Spellyans] Box
ewan wilson
butlerdunnit at ntlworld.com
Tue Oct 12 20:25:39 BST 2010
The Scottish Gaelic pronunciations I have heard seem to alternate between
'Kish-chyi' and 'keesh-chyi' depending on the speaker. I'm not sure if it's
a dialectical thing or idialect. Maybe Ken has a better idea?
Excuse the non IPA sound guide!!
Ewan.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Everson" <everson at evertype.com>
To: "Standard Cornish discussion list" <spellyans at kernowek.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Spellyans] Box
> On 12 Oct 2010, at 10:06, Ray Chubb wrote:
>
>> Would that be a long or short vowel?
>
> Irish "ciste" [ˈkʲɪʃtʲə] 'fund, treasury, kitty' has a short vowel.
>
> Irish "císte" [ˈkʲiːʃtʲə] 'cake' has a long vowel.
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