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Buataisí, Buataisíní, agus Búiteanna: Variations on a theme of “boot” in Irish Posted by róislín on Jul 28, 2015
(le Róislín) In some previous blog posts (naisc thíos), there were passing references to the Irish words for boot (buatais) and bootees (buataisíní). Perhaps this would be a good time to look further into those words and check out “búiteanna” as well. So let’s start with the basics, and then we’ll look at some additional…
More Irish Pronunciation Notes: Broad and Slender “B” Sounds Posted by róislín on Aug 17, 2010
Getting back to the pronunciation series that was started a few blogs ago, there are a few more points I’d like to add. As I said before, what I’m doing here is primarily explaining the transcription system that I use, not attempting to account for every possible sound or variation of a sound in Irish…