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(a) The same diphthong occurs in:—, &c.;, &c.; and sometimes in.

(b) Except when final, is usually pronounced  in Desmond, but Ei in Dēsi.

(c) In Connaught the and  in the above words are pronounced like “v”—e.g.,  (ev-e-leen),  (like yevim),  (devin),  (devass),  (gev-roo), &c.

69. When “u” accented is followed by , or by a protected liquid, it is lengthened in sound to .