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 In the following examples the words underlined are pronounced alike in Munster and Connaught.

60. Whenever or , occurring in the first syllable of a word is followed by , or by a protected liquid (except ), the  or  is pronounced “ou”—i.e., like the “ou” in “house” or the “ow” in “how.”

N.B.— PRODUCES A NASAL DIPHTHONG.

In Dēsi the protected liquids produce a strongly nasal diphthong in the above cases, and the diphthong itself is somewhat like a—ou.