Oh, I'll add to this one, but probably shouldn't cause I get plenty of slagging about this.
I pronounce "donkey" so that is sounds like it is has a "u" in it - dunkey.
My rationalisation for this is based on how "monkey" is pronounced!
Funnily enough, some comtempories of mine also pronounce "donkey" in the same way, and we reckon that all goes back to how a primary school teacher that we all had, taught us to sing the Christmas Carol "Little donkey, little donkey on the dusty road"!
Wollran
Talbot Street
I, and other people from Dublin, pronounce it Tall-bot Street. My culchie (Deise) missus pronounces it Tahl-bot Street.
Ditto for Galway; Gall (rhyming with Tall) way, against Gahl-way.
Gotta just love a package o' crips
Phibsboro I pronounce it Phibsbura
Also jobstown, is it jobstown or J(oe)bstown?? I say Jobstown as in the I got a new job! but I hear a lot of people saying Joe-bstown
Phibsboro I pronounce it Phibsbura
Funnily enough, some comtempories of mine also pronounce "donkey" in the same way, and we reckon that all goes back to how a primary school teacher that we all had, taught us to sing the Christmas Carol "Little donkey, little donkey on the dusty road"!
Ditto for Galway; Gall (rhyming with Tall) way, against Gahl-way.
And don't start me on 'Round John Virgin' from silent night!Fadó fadó a christian brother at school used to give out yards to our class about " a monk swimmin' " in the recitation of of the Hail Mary. Maybe it's a Cork thing.
There's nothing worse than south-eastern countryfolk saying 'Lehher' instead of 'letter.':mad:
Give me dublin pronunciations any day of the week.
lol - I live relatively near there and have only ever heard J(oe)bstown used. But when I drive thru with my OH he regularly makes a joke about going to Jobstown to get a job.
And for the D4 heads..