This was painful to me. After all my trouble getting the Gaelic correct for my books, I go looking for a song previous to 1890, sung by a woman, of a romantic nature, and found Siúil_A_Rúin. Then I find several lovely recordings of it on You Tube. I go looking for the lyrics and these pop up.

Note the phonetic spellings.

http://www.absolutelyrics.com/lyrics/view/celtic_woman/siuil_a_run_%28walk_my_love%29



Lyrics at Wikipedia:

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Suzanne D. Williams is a native Floridian, wife, and mother with a penchant for spelling things and an Irishman somewhere way back in her background.

That's awful. I can see offering a rough phonetic guide, but to write it out as if the Irish were spelled that way? Shameful!

Redwolf

I don't see the problem with it really. "Shule aroon" is a good starting point for someone who is trying to learn the song but not the language.

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Táim ag foghlaim fós. Fáilte roimh gach aon cheartúchán.

That's fine, but the way its written looks as if they're the Irish lyrics.

What about Domnall Óg (Dónall Óg)/ Young Dónall, that song is supposed to been around since the 1600s, the fact that there are so many variations, including Scottish Gaelic variations attest to this as well. And, its about a women singing about a man who abandoned her

Liadain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0djbHCI ... re=related

Seoisimhín Ní Bheaglaoich: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo9f1Eld ... re=related

Skara Brae: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UmdSkjH ... re=related

Nollaig Nic Aindriú: (2:55) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ_vme9I ... ure=relmfu

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Exactly. While it's nice to offer phonetics for people who are trying to learn a song, they should be offered in addition to, not instead of, the Irish lyrics, and it should be made clear that they're an approximation.

Redwolf

Just a note on the spelling, the vocative of rún is a rún - it is one of the few words that doesn't get slenderised in the vocative, i.e., it is NOT a rúin*. Another one is a stór. Both are very common terms of endearment.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
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).

Yep, as far as I'm aware this applies to all terms of endearment.

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Ultach mé agus Gaeilg Uladh a labhraim go measardha maith!

Yep!

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This was my thought on it. I understand including the phonetics, but I found it all over the web spelled that way as if it was correct.

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Suzanne D. Williams is a native Floridian, wife, and mother with a penchant for spelling things and an Irishman somewhere way back in her background.

Thanks for these. I will check them out!

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Suzanne D. Williams is a native Floridian, wife, and mother with a penchant for spelling things and an Irishman somewhere way back in her background.