" 54 Spoken English II
Mh, is like v and more nasal than bh. It is silent in the middle and
end of some words and gives a nasal sound to the vowel. In some
districts it has the sound of u, as, samhradh, pronounced sauradh.
P, is like p in English.
Ph, is like f in English.
C, is always hard, before a, 0, u, it has the sound of c in can, after
a, 0, u, it has the same sound in some districts, as, cnoc, like ck in
lock, but more generally the sound of chk, before e, i and after i,
like c in came.
Ch, preceded or followed by a, o. u, has a gutteral sound like ch in
loch, in contact with e, i, it has a more slender sound:
Chd, has the sound of chk, as luchd, pronounced luchk.
G, has a flatter sound than c, before and after a, o. u, it is like g in
got, in contact with e, i, it sounds nearly likeg in get.
Gh, is flatter than ch, before and after e, i, it has the sound of y in
English, in contact with a, 0, u, it has a broader sound. In the
middle and end of certain words it is silent.
T, has a flatter sound that t in English, when preceded or followed
by a, o. u, the sound is like th in than but stronger and is produced
by putting the point of the tongue against or between the teeth, in
contact with e, i, it has the sound of ch in chin.
Th, beginning a word has the sound of h, silent in the pronoun
thu and in certain tenses of irregular verbs when preceded by d'.
In the middle of some words it has a slight aspiration, in others it
is silent.
D, is the flat sound of t, in the same position it has almost same
sound as t, but softer.
Dh, is equal to gh in the same position.
S, in contact with a, o. u, is like s in English, before or after e, i,
like sh, after t- (with hyphen) it is silent.
coco
(coco)
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