Talk:Bodhmall
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Pronunciation of her name
[edit]I'll have to look it up, but going from the pronunciation I was taught, by several different teachers, this spelling of the name of incorrect; as I was taught it, the name would be pronounced "bodval" (Bodmhaill), whereas this version would be pronounced "bogmall" -- Jim Regan 02:46 12 Jul 2003 (UTC)
- I've added the spellings Bodhmann and Bómall, with references.
- Pronouncing "dh" as 'g' is a Munsterism. I don't know where she was from but she raised Fionn in the Slieve Bloom Mountains. That region, as far as I know, spoke what we today call the Connacht dialect, so it seems more likely there was no 'g' or 'd' sound.
- There was an attempt to bless Munster Irish as being the national dialect, so there's a certain generation where the non-Gaeltacht speakers all consider Munster Irish to be the right way to pronounce Irish. Great floors (talk) 00:50, 1 December 2018 (UTC)