Re: Celtica (was: Maggel)

Stephen Mulraney scripsit:

> Fair enough. To be honest, I've only ever heard [gEjlIk], meaning of
> course Gaeilge (Irish), but I came across the pronunciation [galIk] to
> mean "Scots Gaelic" on an instructional tape. I don't know if the
> distinction is actually made anywhere :).
It's made everywhere that Scots Gaelic needs to be spoken of, at least
among the informed.

> Well, it could be worse... at least you don't say [s&ltIk].
No, that's a basketball team in Boston.

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> To be sure                              Stephen Mulraney
>  to be sure                            ataltane@ataltane.net
I can get two readings from that.  With falling intonation on both
halves, it's plain repetition for emphasis, like "Yes, yes", with
similar connotations of condescension and/or weariness.

But with rising intonation on the first half, and low level intonation
on the second, it would serve as the answer to "Why do you wear both
[trouser-]suspenders and a belt?"  (To Americans, "suspenders" always refers
to the gadget that holds up trousers, which we of course call "pants".)

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