Talk:Irish/Reference/Grammatical Changes

S non-lenition mnemoic
In school we were taught the mnemonic Stop Smoking Sporty Scotty to remember which consonants after s make it so it's not lenited. However, f is also mentioned here, although I've never even heard of any words with sf in them. Is it worth adding in this mnemonic since sf must be very rare, or would it just add some confusion? --2001:BB6:7B11:5158:ED24:2D9A:C389:F21B (discuss) 09:56, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
 * sf- is indeed very rare; it only occurs in foreign words. The only words beginning with sf- listed in Ó Dónaill's dictionary are:
 * sfagnam 'sphagnum'
 * sfalairít 'sphalerite'
 * sféanóideach 'sphenoid(al)'
 * sféar 'sphere' (and several derivatives of it)
 * sfioncs 'sphinx'
 * If you want to add the mnemonic, I don't think people would be confused by the absence of sf- if we explain how rare it is. Mahagaja (discuss • contribs) 10:09, 27 January 2020 (UTC)