Question for residents of Ireland (or anyone who knows)

[scatteroflight]

The city Galway--is it pronounced Gal-way (as in My Gal Sunday) or Gall-way (as in "You have the gall to do that!)

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Your sun so bright it leaves no shadows, only scars
Carved into stone on the face of earth
The moon is up and over One Tree Hill
We see the sun go down in your eyes

 

[bono-vox]

GALL-WAY like You have the gall to do that! i havent heard it said ne other way except oh my friends say gal-way sometimes but they r fools and only joking

 

[elizabeth]

i've always heard "gall-way" from my husband's family. they are from cork.



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***ALOTWU***

 

[scatteroflight]

The consensus here is what I sort of thought, wasn't sure though. Thanks!

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Your sun so bright it leaves no shadows, only scars
Carved into stone on the face of earth
The moon is up and over One Tree Hill
We see the sun go down in your eyes

 

[zoomerang II]

You dont wanna ask how its pronounced in Irish.

 

[sulawesigirl4]

I've always heard it pronounced the latter.

 

[cloudimani]

gall-way, but I guess it just depends on the accent.
I would tend to say the 'a' broad, but I think some locals would tend not to say it slightly more slender, as far as I can remember from my couple of months there.
Anyway, what do they know?

Hope that suitably confused you...

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look at the moon t-t-t-t-t when a horse runs through dark waters then the pig has no legs.

?*~darkcloud~*?

 

[Lilly]

I've always heard it as in 'you have the gall to do that' but I do suppose it has a bit to do with accents.

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Every question possesses a power that does not lie in the answer.

 

[cloudimani]

Originally posted by zoomerang II:
You dont wanna ask how its pronounced in Irish.

gal-yiv?

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look at the moon t-t-t-t-t when a horse runs through dark waters then the pig has no legs.

?*~darkcloud~*?

 

[bono-vox]

Originally posted by zoomerang II:
You dont wanna ask how its pronounced in Irish.

lol all these ppl i know pronounce Eire as eeeerie! ROFL

 

[mad1]

I pronounce it 'gall' as in ball

eire is sometimes 'higher' (eire) or 'igher'

or arr, as in a farmers expression 'Oh 'aarr'

ya know? 'them be big cow pullers', and all that?

I say it like 'aarr'

norn irish pple say everyting blunt....!

 

[bono-vox]

norn irish pple say everyting blunt....!

maddie we just cant speak properly yeeeeer ma!

i hate the ppl who say that!!!

 

[mad1]

wha like?

my ma is gonna dove ur da under over stupid stinky Lagan River and he can find a tralley to ship home 'an!!!!!!

only James Nesbitt can get away with our accents..........he represents all of us in one word.....

 

[bono-vox]

Beezer liek!

rofl go here go here maddie http://speaknorniron.8m.net/

and here www.geocities.com/wehatespides *ahemmysite*

 

[mad1]

Originally posted by bono-vox:
rofl go here go here maddie http://speaknorniron.8m.net/

LMFBA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh ho ....ho ho hoho oh ho....*in stitches*

thank u BV....that has made my day girl......

Oh dear Gawd! I dont tink I will be able to drive home now in one piece!!!!

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[cloudimani]

the word "Eire" amuses me, I've never heard an Irish person say it, I'm convinced its a disguisting English invention, as you only ever seem to hear them say it.
It always seems to crop up in those ads for 1 zillion crap cds you cant buy in the shops, and the anti-piracy thing at the start of videos. Weird really.
I'm lucky enough that neither of my parents were born in Belfast so I wasnt blessed with a pure Belfast accent.

If I had one I think I'd just talk some other way...

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look at the moon t-t-t-t-t when a horse runs through dark waters then the pig has no legs.

?*~darkcloud~*?