Yes the "o" in Gaelic is very tricky to a non-speaker like myself!
MacLennan's Gaelic Dictionary gives six different "o" sounds.
We have to be wary because many Americans pronounce "o" as a dipthong, rounding to "u' at the end. We have to avoid doing this when pronouncing Gaelic, and have a pure "o" like many Canadians say.
And not the dipthongised "o" as in English "more" as pronounced by most Americans, "oh-uhr".
(An interesting test is to carefully examine how yourself an others pronounce pairs like bore/Boer, more/mower, etc.)
Last edited by OC Richard; 8th March 15 at 07:24 AM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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