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Design Your Own ‘Neach Neamhshaolta’ and Describe It in Irish, or, What’s the Gaeilge for ‘I Have Two Antennae, or Three Eyes or Four Opposable Thumbs’? Posted by róislín on Feb 22, 2017
(le Róislín) One of our recent blogposts (nasc thíos) had a fun segue between “neacha neamhshaolta” and “clocha sneachta,” normally a rather unlikely combination. Why so “neamhghnách” (unlikely)? Bhuel, “neacha neamhshaolta” means “aliens” (in the outer-space sense) and “clocha sneachta” means “hailstones,” normally unconnected. You may remember the photo (an nasc céanna, thíos) of the…
An Cheist faoin Tatú agus an Freagra Posted by róislín on Feb 23, 2012
(le Róislín) A bhuí leis an léitheoir Deasún, tá freagra againn don cheist faoin tatú a bhí sa bhlag https://blogs.transparent.com/irish/ceist-faoi-thatu-agus-an-frasa-tatu-is-fearr-leat/. Deir sé: “The way I interpret it, they were looking for “room” and found “seomra” instead of the more abstract “spás”, and I’m thinking it’s more along the lines of this, with the spelling…