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minus-squarecollapse_alreadylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 months agoShillelagh embodies this for me. None of my guesses were even close.
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoLooks like Irish also has varying pronunciations with the same spelling, because the shillelagh -lagh sounds like lee, but in the name Shelagh (or Sheelagh) it’s lah.
minus-squarebaldingpudenda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·9 months agoLooks Irish or I guess Gaelic is the word in looking for? I’m guessing something weird like ji-gah-lo
minus-squareProstheticBrain@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoIt is Irish yeah, it’s shill-LAY-lee
Shillelagh embodies this for me. None of my guesses were even close.
Looks like Irish also has varying pronunciations with the same spelling, because the shillelagh -lagh sounds like lee, but in the name Shelagh (or Sheelagh) it’s lah.
Looks Irish or I guess Gaelic is the word in looking for? I’m guessing something weird like ji-gah-lo
It is Irish yeah, it’s shill-LAY-lee