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Speaking of ‘Antidisestablishmentarianism’ (i nGaeilge, ar ndóigh) Posted by on Aug 9, 2013

(le Róislín) Since the word “frith-dhíbhunaíochas” was introduced in the last blog, I thought it might be both informative and fun to break this word apart into its component elements.  Also, some of you may have noticed that I inadvertently omitted the “anti-” prefix for the English word at one point during that discussion.  “Ubh…

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Cúig Ghuta Dhifriúla (a, e, i, o, u) i bhFocal Amháin–faoi dheireadh! Posted by on Aug 8, 2013

(le Róislín) For the same reason that people compile lists of English words that have all five vowels, write novellas with just one vowel  in them, and seek desperately for the rhyme to “porringer,” I’ve always been on the lookout for an Irish word that has all five vowels.  Agus faoi dheireadh thiar thall, tháinig…

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Nótaí Fuaimnithe don Dá Bhlag faoi Liúdair Posted by on May 21, 2012

 (le Róislín) This blog will simply be a pronunciation guide to the last two blogs and some general pronunciation notes.  Pronunciation seems to be the eternal issue in Irish language learning, so, ó am go ham, I think it deserves a blog of its own.  So here’s a round-up for some of the longer and…

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