Gaelic pronunciation question

[Graydon]

A new member of Greyfells wants to know how to pronounce "Ard-choille",
which is reportedly Scots Gaelic and an ancestral war cry.

Since I can't pronounce my heraldic job title, I thought I'd ask
the Rialto.

I would also be very pleased to find out what it means, before he
finds occaision to yell before smiting.

thanks!
Graydon

[Iain Odlin]

In article <921121133...@mc.lcs.mit.edu> SAUN...@qucdn.queensu.ca (Graydon) writes:
>A new member of Greyfells wants to know how to pronounce "Ard-choille",
>which is reportedly Scots Gaelic and an ancestral war cry.

Pronounced: Ard (one syllable: "A" as in barr"a"ge, "rd" as in ha"rd")
choille (two syllables [choi'-lyuh]: "ch" as in lo"ch" [a sort
of gravelly hiss, NOT "CK"], "oi" as in "oi"l, "ll" as in
mi"ll"ion (an "ly" sort of sound), and "e" as a schwah ("uh")).

Meaning: Near as I can remember (my Gaelic is very rusty), it means
"The high wood." It may possibly refer to a specific forest.
Each Clan pretty much had its own War Cry, and many of them re-
fer to a specific place of significance to the family.
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