To a Swedish person, the function of diacritics is obvious:
å is not a
ä is not a
ö is not o
So I get the importance of fadas in #irish, and the "tutors" in Irish out there, Darach O'Séaghdha springs to mind, are helpful by pointing out that
Éire is not eire
cáca is not caca
Still it's difficult to remember, and to fully understand the effect on pronunciation.
Here's another nice pair of words, learnt from yesterday's #Seafóid game:
ólann - drinking
olann - wool
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