nifty@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoCan you say shibbolethlemmy.worldimagemessage-square279fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarecollapse_already@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoShillelagh embodies this for me. None of my guesses were even close.
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoLooks like Irish also has varying pronunciations with the same spelling, because the shillelagh -lagh sounds like lee, but in the name Shelagh (or Sheelagh) it’s lah.
minus-squarebaldingpudenda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoLooks Irish or I guess Gaelic is the word in looking for? I’m guessing something weird like ji-gah-lo
minus-squareProstheticBrain@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoIt is Irish yeah, it’s shill-LAY-lee
Shillelagh embodies this for me. None of my guesses were even close.
Looks like Irish also has varying pronunciations with the same spelling, because the shillelagh -lagh sounds like lee, but in the name Shelagh (or Sheelagh) it’s lah.
Looks Irish or I guess Gaelic is the word in looking for? I’m guessing something weird like ji-gah-lo
It is Irish yeah, it’s shill-LAY-lee