I need to learn how the Gaelic expression, anam cara is pronounced. It's written with a cedilla-like accent over the "c," but I can't find a pronouncing guide. BTW, the term means, "soul friend."

Irish Gaelic Translator has it as "anamchara = soul mate" and gives the pronunciation as /on-um-kor-ah/

The site also has an audio file giving the pronunciation.

Interestingly the most downloaded phrase from the site is "Póg mo thóin!" - Kiss my ass! - pronounced /pogue muh ho-in/.

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Póg mo thóin

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Well, I can see why! It is so much better than "kiss my ass"!

A prolific poster over at the snopes Urban Legends Message Board (http://www.ulrp.com/message/ultimatebb.php) uses the screen name "Pogue Mahone". I imagine he'd have been asked to use a different name if he'd used the English equivalent.

I also imagine some radio stations would refuse to play their records if they knew the meaning of the name of the band called "The Pogues".