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§ 78. What the effect of the Munster lengthening of the vowel sounds is, can be seen from the following table. We do not pretend to give all the shades of pronunciations of various parts of Munster.
| Conn. | W Munster | E. Munster | |
| mall | (moL) | (mouL) | (ma'-ouL) |
| dall | (dhoL) | (dhouL) | (dha'-ouL) |
| am | (om) | (oum) | (a'-oum) |
| crann | (kroN) | (krouN) | (kra'-ouN) |
| im | (im) | (eem) | (eim) |
| mill | (mil) | (meel) | (meil) |
| cinn | (kin) | (keen) | (keing) |
| binn | (bin) | (been) | (being) |
| poll | (pōL) | (pouL) | (pouL) |
| trom | (thrŭm) | (throum) | (throum) |
| donn | (dhŭN) | (dhouN) | (dhouN) |
§ 79. In the phonetic key will be found the sounds to be given to "on" and "el". The East Munster a-ou is pronounced rapidly. Sometimes the sound of oo is given in Munster to o; as, anonn, over (in Connaught ăn-ŭN, in Munster ăn-ooN), as ag dul anonn, going over.
§ 80. We can now introduce many familiar words involving these prolonged vowel sounds. In the table above (§78), we have given the pronunciation of some, viz —
| am, time | im butter |
| binn, sweet | mall, slow |
| crann, a tree | mill, destroy |
| dall, blind | poll, a hole |
| donn, brown-haired | trom, heavy |
§ 81. Milis = sweet to taste ; binn = sweet to hear
note that
phonetic
symbols
are
not
necessarily
pronounced
as in English