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Two Irish Words for ‘Foot’: ‘cos’ vs. ‘troigh’ Posted by on Mar 4, 2015

(le Róislín) In the last blog, we looked at the words for “inch” and “foot” (in measurements) in Irish (orlach and troigh).  Among other reasons for discussing these measurement terms, a lot of people have been talking about the depth of snow in Boston lately (thart fá chéad orlach ó thús an gheimhridh).  Even that…

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