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-To begin with, most living dialects of Gaelic have consigned <span style="color: #008000;">don</span> and <span style="color: #008000;">den</span> to higher functions (extremely formal speech) and only have <span style="color: #008000;">dhan and <span style="color: #008000;">dhen</span>. <span style="color: #008000;">Do</span> and <span style="color: #008000;">de</span>, without the fused definite article, are somewhat more common.
+To begin with, most living dialects of Gaelic have consigned <span style="color: #008000;">don</span> and <span style="color: #008000;">den</span> to higher functions (extremely formal speech) and only have <span style="color: #008000;">dhan</span> and <span style="color: #008000;">dhen</span>. <span style="color: #008000;">Do</span> and <span style="color: #008000;">de</span>, without the fused definite article, are somewhat more common.
 However, <span style="color: #008000;">dha</span> is a very popular form in Lewis because for whatever reason it does not cause lenition - <span style="color: #008000;">dha màthair</span> 'to a mother', <span style="color: #008000;">dha bó</span> 'to a cow', and so on.  And for many speakers, in colloquial speech, even that's too much work and both <span style="color: #008000;">do</span> and <span style="color: #008000;">de</span> have been reduced to <span style="color: #008000;">a</span>. Ambiguous? Well, a little, but not too much for native speakers. And it's not a modern thing either. Writers as far back as the 1900's have complained about native speakers doing this. So feel free.

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 However, <span style="color: #008000;">dha</span> is a very popular form in Lewis because for whatever reason it does not cause lenition - <span style="color: #008000;">dha màthair</span> 'to a mother', <span style="color: #008000;">dha bó</span> 'to a cow', and so on.  And for many speakers, in colloquial speech, even that's too much work and both <span style="color: #008000;">do</span> and <span style="color: #008000;">de</span> have been reduced to <span style="color: #008000;">a</span>. Ambiguous? Well, a little, but not too much for native speakers. And it's not a modern thing either. Writers as far back as the 1900's have complained about native speakers doing this. So feel free.
-This, incidentally, is where the Hebridean form <span style="color: #008000;">na</span> (more commonly presented as <span style="color: #008000;">an do</span> <span style="color: #008000;">rinn, an do ràinig</span>, and so on) comes from - <span style="color: #008000;">an do ⇨ an a ⇨ na</span> [nə] (<span style="color: #008000;">an do rinn</span> > <span style="color: #008000;">na rinn, an do ràinig</span> > <span style="color: #00800;">na ràinig</span>). The thought 'cool!' springs to my mind, but then I'm insane anyway!
+This, incidentally, is where the Hebridean form <span style="color: #008000;">na</span> (more commonly presented as <span style="color: #008000;">an do</span> <span style="color: #008000;">rinn, an do ràinig</span>, and so on) comes from - <span style="color: #008000;">an do ⇨ an a ⇨ na</span> [nə] (<span style="color: #008000;">an do rinn</span> > <span style="color: #008000;">na rinn, an do ràinig</span> > <span style="color: #008000;">na ràinig</span>). The thought 'cool!' springs to my mind, but then I'm insane anyway!
 More to come, watch this space.

@@ Loidhne 250: / Loidhne 250: @@
 However, <span style="color: #008000;">dha</span> is a very popular form in Lewis because for whatever reason it does not cause lenition - <span style="color: #008000;">dha màthair</span> 'to a mother', <span style="color: #008000;">dha bó</span> 'to a cow', and so on.  And for many speakers, in colloquial speech, even that's too much work and both <span style="color: #008000;">do</span> and <span style="color: #008000;">de</span> have been reduced to <span style="color: #008000;">a</span>. Ambiguous? Well, a little, but not too much for native speakers. And it's not a modern thing either. Writers as far back as the 1900's have complained about native speakers doing this. So feel free.
-This, incidentally, is where the Hebridean form <span style="color: #008000;">na</span> (more commonly presented as <span style="color: #008000;">an do</span> <span style="color: #008000;">rinn, an do ràinig</span>, and so on) comes from - <span style="color: #008000;">an do ⇨ an a ⇨ na</span> [nə] (<span style="color: #008000;">an do rinn</span> > <span style="color: #008000;">na rinn, an do ràinig</span> > <span style="color: #00800;>">na ràinig</span>). The thought 'cool!' springs to my mind, but then I'm insane anyway!
+This, incidentally, is where the Hebridean form <span style="color: #008000;">na</span> (more commonly presented as <span style="color: #008000;">an do</span> <span style="color: #008000;">rinn, an do ràinig</span>, and so on) comes from - <span style="color: #008000;">an do ⇨ an a ⇨ na</span> [nə] (<span style="color: #008000;">an do rinn</span> > <span style="color: #008000;">na rinn, an do ràinig</span> > <span style="color: #00800;">na ràinig</span>). The thought 'cool!' springs to my mind, but then I'm insane anyway!
 More to come, watch this space.

@@ Loidhne 250: / Loidhne 250: @@
 However, <span style="color: #008000;">dha</span> is a very popular form in Lewis because for whatever reason it does not cause lenition - <span style="color: #008000;">dha màthair</span> 'to a mother', <span style="color: #008000;">dha bó</span> 'to a cow', and so on.  And for many speakers, in colloquial speech, even that's too much work and both <span style="color: #008000;">do</span> and <span style="color: #008000;">de</span> have been reduced to <span style="color: #008000;">a</span>. Ambiguous? Well, a little, but not too much for native speakers. And it's not a modern thing either. Writers as far back as the 1900's have complained about native speakers doing this. So feel free.
-This, incidentally, is where the Hebridean form <span style="color: #008000;">na</span> (more commonly presented as <span style="color: #008000;">an do</span> <span style="color: #008000;">rinn, an do ràinig</span>, and so on) comes from - <span style="color: #008000;">an do ⇨ an a ⇨ na</span> [nə] (<span style="color: #008000;">an do rinn</span> > <span style="color: #008000;"na rinn</span>, an do ràinig</span> > <span style="color: #00800;>na rinn, an do ràinig</span> > <span style="color: #008000;">na ràinig</span>). The thought 'cool!' springs to my mind, but then I'm insane anyway!
+This, incidentally, is where the Hebridean form <span style="color: #008000;">na</span> (more commonly presented as <span style="color: #008000;">an do</span> <span style="color: #008000;">rinn, an do ràinig</span>, and so on) comes from - <span style="color: #008000;">an do ⇨ an a ⇨ na</span> [nə] (<span style="color: #008000;">an do rinn</span> > <span style="color: #008000;">na rinn, an do ràinig</span> > <span style="color: #00800;>">na ràinig</span>). The thought 'cool!' springs to my mind, but then I'm insane anyway!
 More to come, watch this space.

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 It's advisable to be clear in writing, especially in official texts when you don't want to be ambiguous. To that end, you can either write the silent vowel, or, if that looks weird to you, add the apostrophe where a sound has dropped out: <span style="color: #008000;">fo achlais</span> ''under an armpit'' - <span style="color: #008000;">fo 'achlais</span> ''under his armpit''.
-Two prepositions need further explanations, (<span style="color: #008000;">do</span>) and (<span style="color: #008000;">de</span>). In colloquial speech, these can change shape quite a lot. Here's an overview of what can happen:
+Two prepositions need further explanations, <span style="color: #008000;">do</span> and <span style="color: #008000;">de</span>. In colloquial speech, these can change shape quite a lot. Here's an overview of what can happen:
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@@ Loidhne 250: / Loidhne 250: @@
 However, <span style="color: #008000;">dha</span> is a very popular form in Lewis because for whatever reason it does not cause lenition - <span style="color: #008000;">dha màthair</span> 'to a mother', <span style="color: #008000;">dha bó</span> 'to a cow', and so on.  And for many speakers, in colloquial speech, even that's too much work and both <span style="color: #008000;">do</span> and <span style="color: #008000;">de</span> have been reduced to <span style="color: #008000;">a</span>. Ambiguous? Well, a little, but not too much for native speakers. And it's not a modern thing either. Writers as far back as the 1900's have complained about native speakers doing this. So feel free.
-This, incidentally, is where the Hebridean form <span style="color: #008000;">na</span> (more commonly presented as <span style="color: #008000;">an do</span> <span style="color: #008000;">rinn, an do ràinig</span>, and so on) comes from - <span style="color: #008000;">an do ⇨ an a ⇨ na</span> [nə] (<span style="color: #008000;">an do rinn</span> > <span style="color:na rinn, an do ràinig</span> >  #00800;>na rinn, an do ràinig > <span style="color: #008000;">na ràinig</span>). The thought 'cool!' springs to my mind, but then I'm insane anyway!
+This, incidentally, is where the Hebridean form <span style="color: #008000;">na</span> (more commonly presented as <span style="color: #008000;">an do</span> <span style="color: #008000;">rinn, an do ràinig</span>, and so on) comes from - <span style="color: #008000;">an do ⇨ an a ⇨ na</span> [nə] (<span style="color: #008000;">an do rinn</span> > <span style="color: #008000;"na rinn</span>, an do ràinig</span> > <span style="color: #00800;>na rinn, an do ràinig</span> > <span style="color: #008000;">na ràinig</span>). The thought 'cool!' springs to my mind, but then I'm insane anyway!
 More to come, watch this space.

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