Leanachan (pronunciation of CH)
English translation: The ch is the same in all of these - hard h (kh)
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|  Selected response from: Jack Doughty United Kingdom Local time: 17:18 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | The ch is the same in all of these - hard h (kh) |
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peer agreement (net): +1| leanachan (pronunciation of ch) The ch is the same in all of these - hard h (kh) Explanation: * |
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| Reference Reference information: Hope these help in some way: http://www.britannia.org/scotland/scotsdictionary/ dicht (pronounced diCHt or dite) In respellings, each syllable has been shown in a form likely to be clear to all speakers of British English. However, the following points should be noted: g always represents the hard "g" in gun, never the soft "g" in gin ch represents the "ch" in cheese or church CH represents the guttural sound represented by the "ch" in the Scots loch and in the German composer Bach th represents the unvoiced "th" in thin, three, or bath TH represents the voiced "th" in this, father, or bathe iy represents a vowel sound used in Scots but not in English. It is the vowel in the normal Scottish pronunciation of bite, pronounced a bit like "eye" but shorter. It is also used in the Scots pronunciation of Fife and tide, as distinct from the longer vowel in five and tied wh words which, in southern English, start "wh-" but are pronounced as if they started "w-" (e.g. what, white) are always pronounced with an initial "wh" sound in Scots. This sound is rather like the "h" in hit and the "w" in wit pronounced almost simultaneously. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/gaelic.htm http://www.omniglot.com/writing/manx.htm http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/gaelic.php |
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