"Mairead"

[cj...@my-dejanews.com]

What is the Scottish pronounciation of the name "Mairead"? I'm told the Irish
pronounce it MY-raid or ma-RAID, depending on the area.

Mary Munro
Victoria, BC
Canada

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[Duncan Russell]

In article <6uf82k$17e$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, cj...@my-dejanews.com
writes

MY-rud or MY-rut
(Margaret)

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Duncan Russell

[Craig Cockburn]

In article <6uf82k$17e$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, cj...@my-dejanews.com
writes
>What is the Scottish pronounciation of the name "Mairead"? I'm told the Irish
>pronounce it MY-raid or ma-RAID, depending on the area.
>

The stress in Gaelic is, in Scots Gaelic at least, almost universally on
the first syllable of every word
--
Craig Cockburn ("coburn"), Port na Banrighinn, Alba. (Queensferry, Scotland)
http://www.scot.demon.co.uk/ mailto:cr...@scot.demon.co.uk
Sgri\obh thugam 'sa Gha\idhlig ma 'se do thoil e.

[jkw...@cableinet.co.uk]

cj...@my-dejanews.com wrote in message <6uf82k$17e$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...

>What is the Scottish pronounciation of the name "Mairead"? I'm told the
Irish
>pronounce it MY-raid or ma-RAID, depending on the area.
>

>Mary Munro
>Victoria, BC
>Canada

I've only known one Mairead in Scotland and she pronounced it My-red

[Roderick MacDonald]

The message <6uo1gn$9lo$1...@news3.cableinet.co.uk>
from <jkw...@cableinet.co.uk> contains these words:

I know one who spells it "phonetically" - Myrid

Rod

[gradi...@gmail.com]

Yes it is Ma-Raid I am a naturalised Irish citizen lived there for 20 years it's one of the most common Irish names