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Cultacha Samhna don Bhliain 2011 Posted by on Oct 18, 2011

(le Róislín) As some of you may recall, last year we did a little vocabulary match-up with Halloween costumes.  Let’s try it again for 2011. Each costume name has two words or phrases in Irish, one in Colún A and the other in Colún B.  One thing to remember is that word order in Irish…

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An Bliosán Gréine (Jerusalem Artichoke): Ainm Contráilte i mBéarla ach “Neamhchontráilte” i nGaeilge (An English Misnomer but Irish “Non-Misnomer”) Posted by on May 25, 2009

Tamaillín ó shin (a little while ago, May 6 to be specific), I hinted at a discussion of the term “Jerusalem artichoke” in Irish.  And why not?  It’s suimiúil (interesting) on several counts: “luibheolaíocht” (botany), “logainmníocht” (toponymy), “sanasaíocht” and “bréagshanasaíocht” (etymology and pseudo-etymology), “cócaireacht” (cooking), and “eolas contráilte”(misinformation), to name just a few.   You…

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