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 (d)  in the termination of the past tense, autonomous form, gets a variety of pronunciations—viz., in W. Cork, Kerry, and Galway;  in E. Cork, Waterford, and Kerry;  in N. and W. Kerry, Corkaguiney and Clare.

(e)  in some verbal nouns is sometimes pronounced —e.g.,  or, , or ,  or. When in verbal nouns is not pronounced as  it is silent, but in Ulster and Connaught it lengthens the  or  to oo:.

(f) = in Munster; but  in Connaught. ; in.

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39. slender is pronounced like slender ;  broad like broad.

, broad and slender, is silent (§ 35 (b))—

40. and  are pronounced like  (§ 29). When slender is followed by a long  vowel sound it is pronounced like initial  slender (§ 35 (c))—