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Á, ÁI, AÍ, ÁÍ, (Not To Mention “Aghaidh”): More Irish Pronunciation Tips Posted by róislín on Oct 28, 2011
(le Róislín) Don’t blink, or you might miss the various long marks (síntí fada) in the vowel sounds above. Actually, it’s a lot easier to spot the long marks when the letters happen to be capitalized, rather than when they’re lower case: á, ái, aí, áí. And actually it’s really just over the letter “i”…
Lá (an) Altaithe: Cén Téarma i nGaeilge? Posted by róislín on Nov 23, 2010
(le Róislín) Last year, as some of you may recall, I compared the usage of four different terms for saying “Thanksgiving Day” in Irish. The total number of hits, based on Google searching, was about 100, which is, of course, quite small compared to the word “Thanksgiving” in English. Admittedly, the difference in the number…