Any Gaelic speakers? A short word I can't pronounce...
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Does anybody know how to pronounce Òl? A Gaelic word for drink/imbibing/booze etc.
As in, òl air slàinte (raising one's glass) or òlamaid deoch-slàinte! (let us drink a toast)
the wiki page has it down as
[B]Pronunciation[/B]
[URL="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Scottish_Gaelic_pronunciation"]IPA[/URL]: [ɔːɫ̪ ]
but I have no idea what that means either.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
Well, I know that in the IPA, ɔ: is pronounced as the vowel in law, caught, all, talk etc. and ɫ is pronounced like the LL in bell.
I'm going to assume your Gaelic word thus sounds like a British "all".
After asking some GMs, we've come to the same conclusion
Awl it is!
Thanks :D
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