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Snappy Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Mor'du

The Legend of Mor'du is a movie title.

Could you please tell me why there is an apostrophe between "r" and "d"?

I understand that British people do not pronounce "r" unless it is followed by a vowel.

Does this apostrophe mean "r" should be pronounced?

  

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Hi It's a good question. The word "Mor'du" comes to English from Gaelic. In that language, originally, it was maybe spelt with an accent above one of the letters.

— Dave_anon

  • Hi It's a good question.
  • The word "Mor'du" comes to English from Gaelic.
  • In that language, originally, it was maybe spelt with an accent above one of the letters.
  • In English, we don't have that means, so an apostrophe has been brought in instead.
  • That's my best guess It doesn't change the way we pronounce it ("more-dew") Dave
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Hi

It's a good question. The word "Mor'du" comes to English from Gaelic. In that language, originally, it was maybe spelt with an accent above one of the letters. In English, we don't have that means, so an apostrophe has been brought in instead. That's my best guess

It doesn't change the way we pronounce it ("more-dew")

Dave

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SnappyCould you please tell me why there is an apostrophe between "r" and "d"?

As far as I can gather (I stand to be corrected if wrong), "Mor'du" is a fictional name, so it can be spelled any way the creator chooses. According to https://disney.fand

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I've been studying Scottish Gaelic, and in the language it would be Mòr Dubh, meaning big black. I can only assume it was shortened to sound spelling and the apostrophe added because it's a proper name, rather than a hyphen.
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