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Originally Posted by Nick the DSM
Yeah, it is rather hard. It would be easier to have people to learn with than that stuff.

Not necessarily so. My first Gaelic teacher was a native of the Isle of Mull. He would say, "this is how we say it in Mull. But if you go to Skye, they pronounce it this way, and if you go to Inverness this is how they pronounce it." On top of that he spoke with a stutter. Learn Gaelic that way? Not to easy I assure you.
Its alot easier to do it with a person than a CD. Thats how I learned spanish, through my family and classes. Pronounciations in different regions is for every language, including english. Like Boston's pronouncing "Car", or even what something is called. Over here we called a pickup- "trucks" over there in Britain- "Lorries".