> Your girlfriend is correct...mostly. Actually the 'ai' sound
varies
> between /a:/ and /æ:/ in stressed syllables. Think I say
['ka:t´l´i:n´]
> myself though. Your pronunciation would require an accent on
the 'a',
> i.e. Cáitlín /'kA:t´l´i:n´/ [ASCII-IPA], but in northern dialects
the only
> difference between 'a' and 'á' is length, so your pronunciation
wouldn't
> occur at all, i.e. they'd pronounce it /'ka:t´l´i:n´/.


do the apostrophes indicate velarized phonemes?
nicky