To: miss marmelstein
Irish immigrants couldn’t pronounce the ‘th’ which is why New Yorkers used to say ‘turty-turd-and-turd” rather than thirty third and third. In Ireland they still pronounce 'thousand' as 'tousand'.
52 posted on
09/30/2016 10:16:42 AM PDT by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Don't question faith. Don't answer lies.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Oh, yes. There is no th sound in Gaelic, if I remember my lessons from 20 years ago. It carries over into English.
56 posted on
09/30/2016 10:17:57 AM PDT by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Oh, yes. There is no th sound in Gaelic, if I remember my lessons from 20 years ago. It carries over into English.
57 posted on
09/30/2016 10:17:58 AM PDT by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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