These are all dialect pronunciations. Dillon and Ó Cróinín consistently use the -air spelling with preterite plurals; they differentiate ar from air, but give the pronunciation [erʲ] for both.
d'ólamar a lán caifé
Wouldn't this be "we drank a lot of coffee"? I was trying to say "the lot of us drank coffee" (i.e. "we all drank coffee").
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These are all dialect pronunciations. Dillon and Ó Cróinín consistently use the -air spelling with preterite plurals; they differentiate ar from air, but give the pronunciation [erʲ] for both.
d'ólamar a lán caifé
Wouldn't this be "we drank a lot of coffee"? I was trying to say "the lot of us drank coffee" (i.e. "we all drank coffee").