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From: connolly@steinmetz.UUCP (C. Ian Connolly)
Newsgroups: net.music.folk
Subject: Re: Re: Replies to Celtic harp question--long
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Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 16:24:10 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 24 16:24:10 1985
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> Could somebody straighten me out on the names Ossian (a Scottish group) and
> Ossian (an Irish group)? I'm told that one is pronounced oh-SHEEN, and the
> other AW-See-in. I had thought that oh-SHEEN was the Irish group, but I
> could be wrong. (I've enjoyed concerts by the Scottish Group!)
> 
> 
> -- 
> Bill Swan 	{ihnp4,decvax,allegra,...}!uw-beaver!tikal!persci!bill
> 		"Have you hugged your bagpipe today?"

Argh.  Pronunciation in Irish at least (and possibly Scottish -
any Scots out there want to verify this?) is somewhat variable, depending
on where you came from (or where your teacher came from).  Now, I would
			,
pronounce the Irish "Ossian" as "uh-SHEE-an".  One thing I am assuming is
that there is a stroke over the i.  If not, then I'd probably try "UH-shun".
-- 
C. Ian Connolly, WA2IFI - USENET: ...edison!steinmetz!connolly
	   ,      ,	  ARPANET: connolly@ge-crd
An rud a bhionn, bionn.