It may be another case of English dialect differences, but DUR to me sounds like the DIR in DIRT, whereas the dor in dorcha is more like the DOR in DORIS.

I'd say:

Prionsa Dorcha: PRIN-suh DOR-uh-khuh /pr´iNsə dorəxə/

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My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

I'm with Redwolf on the Dorcha sound. ('Durr' ' 'Dirt'). I'd use the u sound for Prionsa ('prunsah') too.

I think it might be more a case Irish dialect differences... Red's is Donegal

dorcha

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This is super exciting. Excellent suggestions thus far! Do any of you know of a site that would have the audio so I can hear some of these words?

http://www.abair.tcd.ie/index.php

It's a machine's pronunciation, so it's not 100% reliable, but will give you some idea of the sounds. Type in the words you want and then click the "Déan Sintéis" button. A recording of the sound should appear below the button.

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Quite possibly, a Bhríd. Thanks for the sound file. I'd transcribe that as /dorәxә/ (DOR-uh-khuh) as well.

Learning Irish has dorcha /dorәxә/. ..

Buntús Cainte also has dorcha /dorәxә/. ..

Teach Yourself Irish by Myles Dillon/Donncha Ó Cróinín (Munster Irish) also has dorcha [dorәxә] ..


Sounds like Cabóigín says DUH-ruh-khuh /darәxә/, but perhaps Lughaidh can give us a better idea of the pronunciation in Gaoth Dobhair.

Cabóigín appears to agree with Scooby's PRUN-suh or PROON-suh /pr´unsә/, which I have heard before, but it is usually PRIN-suh /pr´iNsә/ or even PREEN-suh /pr´i:Nsә/ in Connemara.

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My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Me too -
PRIN-suh

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Hmmm...I like the way quite a lot of these sound. I plan to show him as a hunter/jumper and the announcers will have to say his name over a loud speaker. Does that make you lean one way or another as far as names? Tough decision. I am ordering a name plate for the stall he is moving into on September 1st so I am feeling like I need to decide sooner rather than later.

Just as an FYI, I have decided that while the Prionsa Dorcha rolls off the tongue well, he is far too sweet an animal to sound like I named him after the devil so I will take that one out of the running.


Any opinions? Is there a way to add a picture so you can see him? Maybe that will help inspire you.

DAW-rah-huh (but the AW if short). Normally in northern Donegal, ch is pronounced like an h, between vowels (and in most cases actually)



I'd say "PRINN-suh" (but I'm not 100% sure). Maybe the Cabóigín system automatically pronounces -io- as -o- but since there's no rule (I think) about the pronunciation of -io- (in some words it's "o", in others "i"), I'm not sure it gets it right in this case.

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I hate to be a pessimist, but in that case I would probably stick with Prince Dubai. Irish spelling and pronunciation are very foreign to English. Even if you get a chance to talk to the announcers beforehand, they're likely to mess it up.

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