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Old 05-12-2004, 10:14 PM   #31
dar512
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Originally posted by lumberjim


that's not right.

you would only pronounce the gh as an f after ou. the o in women only changes to i because of the e. the ti needs the on to be sh.

bunk example

you should have told that teacher to go ghuch himself
I like that story - so stop raining on my parade.


Besides, the point is that in English as in many other languages, things don't always sound the way they look at first glance.

Consider the difference in pronounciation between the following pairs of words:

heard -- beard
road -- broad
five -- give
fillet -- skillet

How do you know that those pairs are pronounced differently? You just have to know.

Given that the word 'sidhe' isn't even English, why would you expect to be able to pronounce it as though it were?
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