An editorial:
Immigrants help language
from http://www.independent.ie/opinion/letters/immigrants-help-language-702155.html
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Irish Gaelic weekend planned
Oh, my.
Irish Gaelic weekend planned
from http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=31&a=299158
Now the papers run a story? We're getting a little close to deadline, here....
Irish Gaelic weekend planned
from http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=31&a=299158
Now the papers run a story? We're getting a little close to deadline, here....
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
When cooler heads prevail
Language Log: BBC approves.... (***possibly upsetting language warning!***)
from http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004633.html
Wow, a whole long article in which the word "gob" (typically understood to mean "mouth") plays an important role, and not once is it trotted out that it means "beak" or "bill" in Irish!
What's that feeling? I think it's...it's relief.
Why?
Because it's just not clear where the English word came from. There, I said it.
from http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004633.html
Wow, a whole long article in which the word "gob" (typically understood to mean "mouth") plays an important role, and not once is it trotted out that it means "beak" or "bill" in Irish!
What's that feeling? I think it's...it's relief.
Why?
Because it's just not clear where the English word came from. There, I said it.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Gaeltacht co. wins another Emmy
Missed this story somehow!
Corks are popped as Galway TV production firm awarded Emmy
"Champagne corks popped in the Galway Gaeltacht yesterday as an Egyptian boy mummy won an impressive second Emmy Award for a local television production company."
from http://www.independent.ie/national-news/corks-are-popped-as-galway-tv-production-firm-awarded-emmy-703916.html
Here's another story on the same topic:
Telegael wins second Emmy award for 'Tutenstein' cartoon
from http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2007/0616/1181771180366.html
Corks are popped as Galway TV production firm awarded Emmy
"Champagne corks popped in the Galway Gaeltacht yesterday as an Egyptian boy mummy won an impressive second Emmy Award for a local television production company."
from http://www.independent.ie/national-news/corks-are-popped-as-galway-tv-production-firm-awarded-emmy-703916.html
Here's another story on the same topic:
Telegael wins second Emmy award for 'Tutenstein' cartoon
from http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2007/0616/1181771180366.html
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Friday, June 22, 2007
Dáithí Mac Cárthaigh
A good man for the Dáil.... Too bad he's a Seanad candidate.
Ag cur a hata sa chró
Ag cur a hata sa chró
Irish Language Act
Here be some going's on concerning the North's push for an Irish Language Act. The proposed act would allow Irish speakers their preference for conducting all aspects of their lives using the Irish language.
This article would be slightly amusing if it weren't sad. There are so many holes in any reasoning that would take lack of voicemail usage as evidence against language usage. Let's list them...
Voices raised over bodies' Irish language call services
This article would be slightly amusing if it weren't sad. There are so many holes in any reasoning that would take lack of voicemail usage as evidence against language usage. Let's list them...
Voices raised over bodies' Irish language call services
And although predictable, does it really help the Act for Sinn Féin to be all up behind it? Not that anyone has a choice about that...
Adams meets Irish Language groups on Language Act
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