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    Aug 28, 2008, 08:36 AM
    Irish Gaelic pronunciation!
    Dia duit! Are there any native speakers or students of Irish Gaelic (Gaelige) out there who can provide me with some meaningful, understandable ways or methods in pronouncing words in the language? I realise the differences in speaking among the dialects, but I am searching for a way to finally learn pronunciation correctly, or at least in a general way so that folks in Galway (Gaillimh) will stop giving the strange looks when I read aloud or speak!:confused:

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