nicky wrote:

>
> does anyone here understand Irish gaelic
> spelling? i've read somewhere thet Caitlín is
> pronounced koytleen, but my girlfriend says
> it's more like ['ka:tli:n]...
> Thanks, nicky

If you study the language, you'll learn its orthography. You can find a
historical discussion of how it works in *The World's Writings Systems*.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...