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1. Seonaidh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (macnabracha@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 17:43:07 JST Seonaidh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

   Never mind Siobhan, Merriam-Webster should mind its language and remember that English is not the only window on the world.

   #Gaelic #Gaeilge #Irish #language #MerriamWebster #dictionaries #MastoDaoine #ignorance

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 17:43:06 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     @MacNaBracha @vivvo Alt text: Screenshot of social media conversation with a post by Merriam-Webster and two replies:

     Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster):

     “What word has the biggest disconnect between spelling and pronunciation?

     Asking for our friend, Siobhan.”

     SeánÓ Raghallaigh (@RaghallaighJ): (1/2)

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 17:43:52 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     “Siobhan is pronounced exactly as it's spelt in irish. There's no disconnect between spelling and pronunciation, unless you force a different languages pronunciation on it.”

     cúnla ní b moss (@nibmoss):

     “GUYS MERRIAM-WEBSTER DELETED THE TWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU'LL NEVER BEAT THE IRISH!!!!!!!” (2/2)