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‘Beárbaiciú’ agus ‘Beárbaiciúnna’ (‘Cnó’ agus ‘Cnónna’, ‘Sleá agus Sleánna’) Posted by on Jul 28, 2013

(le Róislín) The word “barbecue” is interesting in its own right in many ways but looking at the Irish adaptation of the word adds a further level of interest.  What plural form do we use for Irish words that are derived the Taino language, via English?  There is probably only one such word, “beárbaiciú,” which we’ve…

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