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   The Phantom Piper to Pete ThSplendiferous   
   Re: Gaelic idioms   
   29 Oct 20 16:09:50   
   
   From: ThePhantomPiper@comcast.net   
      
   On Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 3:40:25 AM UTC-7, Pete ThSplendiferous wrote:   
   > Hi,   
   > would anybody be able to express the proper pronunciation of 'a' Ghalldachd'   
   please?   
   > I'd hate to mangle the language.   
      
   Apparently it's 'ah gall-decht' - however, as you have necroed a thread   
   over 17.5 years old by an author long dead, and my Gaidhlig is as poor   
   as my Greek, it's anyone's guess.   
      
      
   Haphazardly,   
      
   The Phantom Piper   
      
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