Sir, – David Smith (April 12th) complains about what he calls ridiculously intrusive "haitches" in the pronunciation of taoiseach and tánaiste on the airwaves. These are both Irish words, and in the ...
Sometimes when vowel sounds come together in Irish a ‘h’ is inserted to prevent them running together. This is quite a tricky thing for learners to get to grips with sometimes. The word le meaning ...