siochain..."peace" in Gaelic..need some help here

Mari333

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Fri Mar-19-04 03:46 PM
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siochain..."peace" in Gaelic..need some help here

someone know how to pronounce siochain....in Gaelic..Im going to be speaking to Ireland tomorrow as a mother of a kid in Iraq, and want to say peace to them. I believe siochain is "shee on" as it would be phrased...any help is appreciated.

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daveskilt

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Fri Mar-19-04 03:47 PM
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1. I could tell you how its pronounced in Scotland

but that might not help you much.

try
http://www.standingstones.com/gaelpron.html

for irish gaelic pronunciations

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Another Bill C.

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Fri Mar-19-04 04:44 PM
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2. Go here

Go to this site.
http://www.topstudy.com/tutor.htm

scroll down to the Irish dictionary.
Select Irish>English

Copy and paste the word as it is here: s�och�in

Be sure your sound is on. It's a computer generated voice so you might have to repeat it a number of times.

You can be quite sure that no one in the audience will be correcting you.

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Cleita

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Fri Mar-19-04 04:51 PM
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3. Shee-O-kahn according to my husband.

It's one of his family's surnames.

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Mari333

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Fri Mar-19-04 05:01 PM
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4. thanks..I think the ch is pronounced in the back of the throat

Edited on Fri Mar-19-04 05:02 PM by Mari333

shee o chan using a soft k like in loch or l'chaim.

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