NYT on Daniel Cassidy

[Wilson Gray]

Not to mention that "speal" is pronounced [spjael] or [Spjael].
"Speal" merely _appears_ to be something that is pronounced the same
as "spiel" or "shpiel" only on the basis of _English_ spelling! Does
this guy even know _Irish_?!

-Wilson

On 11/8/07, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> At 11/8/2007 11:29 AM, George Thompson wrote:
> >This is from the events list of NYU's Ireland
> >House, where Cassidy appeared last year, for a book-signing.
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> >"Tuesday, November 6th at 7:30pm: How the Irish
> >Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the
> >Crossroads — A reading and performance by Daniel
> >Cassidy.  Venue: The Donaghy Theatre at the
> >Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street.  In a
> >fast-paced spiel (speal, cutting, sharp speech) [snip]
>
> "spiel" from the Irish?!!  I presume one could
> argue more cogently from the Yiddish.
>
> Joel
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