Irish I

The Irish language divides vowels into two groups - broad and slender. A, O, & U are broad, while I & E are slender. Y doesn't usually come into play (that's Welsh). Irish is a fantastic thing to study if you love spelling, as many wordsmiths do. A consonant must be preceeded and follwed by a vowel from the same group. The Americanized name Megan is a nice convenient spelling, but it doesn't work in Irish because the vowels don't match. The name in an older spelling is Meaghan. To study Irish you have to suspend the spelling and pronunciation rules that you know from English. It's fun. Honest. Anyway here is a little poem that I wrote a few years ago, just for fun. I can disclose here that referring to myself as tall and slender is a bit of fantasy on my part.

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