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Lughaidh
PostPosted: Tue 28 Aug 2012 10:04 pm 
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(o) mean a vowel can fall either side of the consonant.

Indo European p(o)t(o)er
Latin pater- Spanish padre
German vater- English father
Irish- athair


I'd like to add that the v- of German "Vater" is pronounced like an f (sometimes spellings are misleading!)

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Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne
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WeeFalorieMan
PostPosted: Tue 28 Aug 2012 11:33 pm 
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Thanks for posting all that information!

After reading all of that, I feel like an expert now ;)
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