From: amadeus@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik)
Subject: Re: pronounce Daoine Sidhe
Date: 22 Sep 92 16:36:52 GMT

The pronuciation given in my Irish-English/English-Irish dictionary is
"din-yuh."  This pronunciation is based upon a neutral dialect
developed by Institiu'id Teangeolai'ochta E'ireann, or the Irish
Linguistics Institute.  Sidhe is pronounced somewhere between "shee"
and "shi", longer than the second but a hair shorter than the first.
However, no one will really quibble with "shee."

I have tried, but cannot think of an effective way to convey the
difference between pronouncing these syllables with any form of
American accent and making a good attempt at an Irish one.  Maybe one
needs a certain amount of Guinness to achieve the effect.  :)

Beannacht deithi 's mhuintire.
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