Dingo the Dissident

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Sunday, 17 May 2026

The orthography

of the Irish language
is beautifully minimalist.
No scoundrel K and no Q
(although it is a Q-Celtic language)
and no J, V, W, X, Y or Zee.
And just one diacritic
to modify A, I, O, U and E:
(á, é, í, ó, ú)

while almost every consonant
in the modern written language
is modified simply by adding H.

So, once you have a grasp of the orthography,
it is obvious that Báile átha Clíath (Dublin)
is pronounced Bolya aw-ha Clee-ah.


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