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Not Related To Irish At All
Absolutely not. Never seen it, never heard of it. Definitely didn't browse the wiki page and then fart this out.

Phonology

Vowels

Strong Vowels

Pure Vowels

<á ó ú / é í ý>
[a: o: u: / e: i: y:]
<á ó ú> are inherently broad, <é í ý> inherently slender.

Mixed Vowels

<áo áu oá uá>
[æ:] (entirely broad)
<áe ái áy eá iá yá>
[a:] +slender on one side

<óa óu aó uó >
[ʌ:] (broad)
<óe ói óy óe ói óy>
[o:] +slender

<úa úo aú oú>
[ʊ:] (broad)
<úe úi úy úe úi úy>
[u:] +slender

<éa éo aé oé>
[ɛ:] (slender)
<éa éo éu aé oé ué>
[e:] +broad

<íe íy eí yí>
[ɪ:] (slender)
<ía ío íu aí oí uí>
[i:] +broad

<ýe ýi eý iý>
[ʏ:] (slender)
<ýa ýo ýu aý oý uý>
[y:] +broad

Weak Vowels
(Unstressed)

<a o *u / e i *y>
[ə] (broad / slender)
(u and y only occuring rarely outside of interjective purposes)

<ao au>
[æ] (broad)
<ae ai au>
[æ] (slender)

<ua uo>
[ʊ] (broad)
<ue ui uy>
[ʊ] (slender)

<oa ou>
[ʌ] (broad)
<oe oi oy>
[ʌ] (slender)

<ei ey>
[ɛ] (slender)
<ea eo eu>
[ɛ] (broad)

<ie iy>
[ɪ] (slender)
<ia io iu>
[ɪ] (broad)

<ye yi>
[ʏ] (slender)
<ya yo yu>
[ʏ] (broad)


Meager Vowels

<áh óh úh / éh íh ý>
[ə:] (broad / slender)
Restricted to slang &c words, e.g. *láoss/laaoss “healthy”> *Láhss!/Laahss! “Get well!”
(Schwaification = casualization is apparently my conlanging signature.)


@ Make second post of stuff cut off by char limit.

I've no idea what the thread title says or what it's relevance is.

But "saying something casually" is not phonemic and nobody's going to spell it differently. Vowels (and consonants) are reduced in allegro and informal speech around the world; but this is not a phonemic distinction or one that people generally write down.

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I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!

you mean like this?