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Nature Words: Should They Be in a Children’s Dictionary or Not? Let’s Consider the Irish Word “dearcán” (acorn) Posted by on Aug 31, 2019

(le Róislín) Can you imagine a dictionary without the word for “acorn”?  And, in particular, can you imagine an Irish dictionary without the word “dearcán” (acorn)? And now that Dublin’s Phoenix Park has the larger-than-life “Dearcán na nDaoine” near “Áras an Uachtaráin” (the President’s residence) it’s even harder to imagine removing the word “dearcán” from…

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Comhrá: Diarmaid agus Dearbháil agus Na Dearcáin Posted by on Oct 10, 2015

(le Róislín) Here’s a little conversation to practice some of the sounds we saw in the blog post for 6 October 2015 (When Is ‘dh’ pronounced like ‘y’ in Irish words?  Think ‘a Dhia’ and ‘a Dhiarmaid’ Posted by róislín in Irish Language; https://blogs.transparent.com/irish/when-is-dh-pronounced-like-y-in-irish-words-think-a-dhia-and-a-dhiarmaid/).  As you can see, I’ve gone a bit out of my way to…

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