linguistics, scottish gaelic orthography 

*sees a show called "An sionnach sgianach 's na Seoid"*
"I wonder how that's pronounced, I'll go look up scottish gaelic orthography."

I had forgotten, however, that sounds in gaelic languages go under really complicated processes, and letters can represent "broad" and "slender" sounds, which might also be different before front vowels than they are before back vowels. So disentangling this will take awhile...

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linguistics, scottish gaelic orthography 

I believe it's pronounced /an ʃun̴̪əx s̪kʲianəx s na ʃɔːtʲ/

linguistics, scottish gaelic orthography 

it's fun that /an ʃun̴̪əx s̪kʲanəx s na ʃɔːtʲ/ is easier for me to read than "an sionnach sgianach 's na seoid"

linguistics, scottish gaelic orthography 

@lizardsquid I swear linguistics evolved from the dark arts.

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