From: Stephen Mulraney [mailto:ataltanie@OCEANFREE.NET]
<snipping pretty accurate description>
I'd like to add one thing: from being down in Cork, I've noticed
less of a tendancy to differenciate between slender and broad
consonants. Cork people seem to pronounce everything as if
they're not palatalised.
Just to compare and contrast, I'm adding my own dialect's
pronunciations which is more like the Ulster dialect than
Stephen's. The `[' indicates the preceeding consonant is
dental. /t_j/ is almost like /tS/ in my dialect, but I'll type
it as /t_j/ anyway. Stephen's palatalised [d] seems to come out
similar to this, but voiced.
> "*All spik English?*"
> ...................
>
> "*All spik, sor*", arsa an Seanduine.
> ............... ErsA An SAndIn_j@
............... Ersa An Sand[In_j@
> Ansin thug an duine uasal mise faoi deara i mo sheasamh
> ar chu'l an
> AnSIn_j hug An DIn_j@ uAsOl m_jIS@ fwe: d_jAr@ I mo h_jAsAv
> @4 xu:l An
AnSIn_j hug An d[In_j@ u:s@l m_jIS@ fwi: d_jAr@ i: mo h_jasev
Ar xu:l An
> tSeanduine agus labhair se' go borb liom.
> t_jAndIn@ Agus lAw@r_j Se: g@ borb l_jum.
> (r_j ~ 4Z nearly)
t_jand[In@ Agus lAw@r_j Se: g@ borb l_jum.
(^ A trill for me)
> "*Phwat is yer nam?*" a du'irt se'. Bhi' mise oilte go
> maith ar an obair
> .................. @ du:r_jt_j Se: vI: mIS@ ol_jt_j@ g@
> mAc_o @4 An obIr_j
> (or near 4Z)
.................. a du:r_jtS_j Se: vI: nIS@ ol_jt_j@ g@
> a bhi' idir la'mha an la' sin againn agus d'fhreagair gan
> aon chu'thail e'.
> A vI: IdZI4 lAv@ An lA: SIn_j OgwIN Agus d@r_jAgIr_j gAn
> a@n xu:hAl_j e:
a vI: IdZr_j lA:v@ An lA: SIn_j AgIN Agus d@r_jagIr_j gan
> "*James O'Donnell, sor.*"
> .....................
I've probably made mistakes in places, just that's the general
sound of the wods in my dialect.