pronunciation 'as gaeilge'

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Continuity lady on TG4:

"Anocht, ar TG ceathair"

...has anyone noticed, the way she pronounces it, that there is a distinctly audible "t" sound at the end of the last word? I've never heard this before. I wouldn't be the most knowledgeable Irish scholar but to me it just sounds bizarre - is it a regional thing?
 
When the female TG4 continuity announcers appear on screen my brain generally gives precedence to processing what my eyes see rather than what my ears hear. :)
 
ClubMan said:
When the female TG4 continuity announcers appear on screen my brain generally gives precedence to processing what my eyes see rather than what my ears hear. :)
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:D

- unfortunately clubman this particular lady only seems to do voiceovers.
But you can of course still use your imagination...
 
Ive noticed that people from West Mayo often stress the t at the end of a word. Wereas a Dubliner might pronounce the word right as Rih in North West Mayo they will say rite with considerable stress on the "t". I figure it is related to the way Irish is spoken in the area.
 
-the apparent pronunciation of a t sound at the end of a word ending in -air or -eair or -eir is a feature of the connemara dialect..I had a Galwegian Irish teacher that had the same way of speking as gaelige.

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It's Connacht Gaelige. It sounds totally different I think to the Munster Irish spoken by the majority of the country. I am from the west and when in Irish college I found people from Dublin hard to understand, and vice versa, because of our different dialects.
 
ajapale said:
Ive noticed that people from West Mayo often stress the t at the end of a word. Wereas a Dubliner might pronounce the word right as Rih in North West Mayo they will say rite with considerable stress on the "t". I figure it is related to the way Irish is spoken in the area.
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I'm from North Mayo though long gone from it. Yes, there is considerable emphasis on the 't' - in English. Ceathairt is not pronounced with the emphasis on the 't' so I don't think your theory is correct.
 
Trafford said:
My god, you're tedious!! Ok, I'll break it down for you. In the most part of the country the Irish that is used in schools is that of the Munster dialect.
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Thanks - it would help if you had been clearer in the first place. Oh - and by the way you might want to check the posting guidelines whiley you're at it... :rolleyes:
 
Ok

So the general consensus is that I am hearing Connaught Irish.

But has anyone heard this 'ceathairt' on TG4 (or anywhere else on the broadcast media for that matter) since I mentioned it?
 
Caveat said:
But has anyone heard this 'ceathairt' on TG4 (or anywhere else on the broadcast media for that matter) since I mentioned it?
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Yes I hear it on "Tina Gee" all the time I havent heard it elswhere. I can just about understand Galway Irish but cant make head nor tail of Donegal Irish.
 
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