How do you pronounce "Uillean"?

AY-lean?

oo-lee-an

No, completely wrong I'm afraid. Take it from an Irishman: it's "ill-an",
with the stress on the first syllable.

On 13 Sep 2003 08:02:34 -0500, "Skittles" wrote:

How do you pronounce "Uillean"?

AY-lean?

oo-lee-an

No, completely wrong I'm afraid. Take it from an Irishman: it's "ill-an",
with the stress on the first syllable.

I'll bow to that.

d

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"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 14:09:13 +0100, Don Pearce
wrote:

On 13 Sep 2003 08:02:34 -0500, "Skittles" wrote:

How do you pronounce "Uillean"?

AY-lean?

oo-lee-an

No, completely wrong I'm afraid. Take it from an Irishman: it's
"ill-an",
with the stress on the first syllable.

I'll bow to that.

d

In fact, Webster gives:

Main Entry: uil·leann pipes
Pronunciation: 'i-l&n-
Function: noun plural
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: uilleann from Irish, genitive singular of uillinn elbow,
from Old Irish uilen; akin to Old English eln ell -- more at ELL
Date: 1906
: an Irish bagpipe with air supplied by a bellows held under and
worked by the elbow

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Take it from an Irishman: it's "ill-an",
with the stress on the first syllable.

In fact, Webster gives:

Main Entry: uil·leann pipes
Pronunciation: 'i-l&n-

Well, yeah, the "ah" sound in the second syllable is so subtle as to be
almost indetectible... and it's a short "n" too.

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 21:18:58 GMT, Carey Carlan
wrote:

Don Pearce wrote in
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On 13 Sep 2003 12:02:13 -0500, "Skittles" wrote:

Take it from an Irishman: it's "ill-an",
with the stress on the first syllable.

In fact, Webster gives:

Main Entry: uil·leann pipes
Pronunciation: 'i-l&n-

Well, yeah, the "ah" sound in the second syllable is so subtle as to be
almost indetectible... and it's a short "n" too.

It isn't even an "ah" sound. Just pull the middle out of fish'n'chips
and you have it.

So Uillean rhymes with chillin'

No - more like chill'n - lose the "i". Pronounce it ill'n.

d

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In article ,
Skittles wrote:
Take it from an Irishman: it's "ill-an",
with the stress on the first syllable.

In fact, Webster gives:

Main Entry: uil·leann pipes
Pronunciation: 'i-l&n-

Well, yeah, the "ah" sound in the second syllable is so subtle as to be
almost indetectible... and it's a short "n" too.

My personal and facetious impresion of Irish pronunciation is that it's said
exactly as written but only if you're very drunk...

For which irreverent commentary my fiddle teacher will likely string me up
by my own 'E' string at my next lesson.

I will go hide now.

chak

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:22:54 GMT, Carey Carlan
wrote:

Don Pearce wrote in
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So Uillean rhymes with chillin'

No - more like chill'n - lose the "i". Pronounce it ill'n.

When has anyone EVER pronounced the trailing 'I' in chillin?

I did last Thursday.

d

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"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:22:54 GMT, Carey Carlan
wrote:

Don Pearce wrote in
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So Uillean rhymes with chillin'

No - more like chill'n - lose the "i". Pronounce it ill'n.

When has anyone EVER pronounced the trailing 'I' in chillin?

I did last Thursday.

Also, I believe that's how George W. Bush pronounces it. Only, for him,
it's stuff having to do with that country way down at the bottom of South
America.

dtk

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:36:47 GMT, "dt king"
wrote:

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:22:54 GMT, Carey Carlan
wrote:

Don Pearce wrote in
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So Uillean rhymes with chillin'

No - more like chill'n - lose the "i". Pronounce it ill'n.

When has anyone EVER pronounced the trailing 'I' in chillin?

I did last Thursday.

Also, I believe that's how George W. Bush pronounces it. Only, for him,
it's stuff having to do with that country way down at the bottom of South
America.

dtk

Never knew there was a Tierra del Fuego branch of the Bush family!
Live and learn.

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Don Pearce wrote in
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On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:22:54 GMT, Carey Carlan
wrote:
When has anyone EVER pronounced the trailing 'I' in chillin?

I did last Thursday.

d

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Pardon me. You're in the UK. I'm from the southern US. On our side of
the pond, "chillin" belongs to the rap (not RAP) dialect and has no vowels.

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:44:25 GMT, Carey Carlan
wrote:

Don Pearce wrote in
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On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:22:54 GMT, Carey Carlan
wrote:
When has anyone EVER pronounced the trailing 'I' in chillin?

I did last Thursday.

d

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Pardon me. You're in the UK. I'm from the southern US. On our side of
the pond, "chillin" belongs to the rap (not RAP) dialect and has no vowels.

Well, there we go. Being from the Home Counties, my vowels are all
crystal clear. Comes from eating All Bran.

d

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