"Meal do naidheachd, a Fhlòraidh."

Translation: Congratulations, Flora.

[MichelleBrouelle]

I said “congrats flora” it didn't like it

[deactivated user]

Why the "a" before Flora since the name begins with an F ?
Is the vocative particle added because the "F" is not followed by a vowel?

[silmeth]

Yes. The a disappears only before vowels. That means that if a name starts with an F followed by a vowel too, since lenited fh is not pronounced (so the lenited name starts with a vowel). But here, the lenited form, Fhlòraidh, starts with a consonant /l/, not a vowel, so the a is kept.

[deactivated user]

Thanks

[DebbieNico2]

I misspelled this, so 'deserved' to get it wrong. Bizarrely though, I got a contradictory message - a big X (as in 'no cigar') followed by 'Correct!' and the translation into English.