How do you say Lunasa?

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1

I just started listening to this group…been living in a cave, don’tcha know…and could someone please tell me how the name Lunasa is pronounced?

Thanks.

Mike

2

LOON uh suh

Carol

3

Great!

Thanks!

4

Gee, its sounds like Klingon when you say it that way!
Lolly

5

“Lunacy”. :laughing:

6

Gaelic usually puts the stress on the first syllable unless it’s a compound word. Although the name of the band Danú has the “long mark” on the “U”. it doesn’t imply stress, but pronunciation. Without it, the “U” would be more of a schwa sound. So, Danú would be pronounced “DON ooh”, not “don OOH”, or “dan YOU”.

Which makes me wonder that with the accent mark, I’ll hear Lúnasa rendered “loon OSS ah”…

(edited for spelling)

7

Well, it’s how Karan Casey pronounced it, when she was finishing her opening set and announcing that LOON uh suh would soon be up. But maybe she just doesn’t know. :wink:

Btw, I have it on good authority that Solas is pronounced SUH luhss.

Carol

8

Ask Wendy Newton :roll:

9

Yep, this is the correct way.

10

This is how my teacher, who is Irish, pronounced it too.

11

Lawsuit. :slight_smile:

12

I’d think that Karen Casey would know since she’s Niall Vallely’s mate and Niall is Cillian’s brother :slight_smile:

13

:laughing:

14

I always figured it was a spelling ‘take off’ of Lughnasa, and pronounced it accordingly.

15

It is, they are two different spellings for the same word.

16

Oops. My bad. I looked over my post previous to the above, Carol, and realised how my final comment could be misinterpreted. I was referring there to a frequently heard mispronunciation (in reference to the prior paragraph). BTW, your pronunciation of Solas is one that I would support.

17

Lasagna.