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Speaking of ‘Féasóga’ — What Color Is His ‘Féasóg’ in Irish? Posted by róislín on Jun 12, 2015
(le Róislín) Lately we’ve been talking a lot about dath gruaige in Irish, including the following: rua, fionnrua, órdhonn, donn, dubh, fionn, liath, and even, as in bréagfholt Phyllis Diller, gorm). We also practiced saying someone “has” a certain color hair in Irish. Remember, to say the person “has” that color hair, we don’t use…
What Color Hair Do They Have? Talking about ‘Dath Gruaige’ in Irish Posted by róislín on Jun 5, 2015
(le Róislín) Recently we’ve been looking at “dath gruaige” (hair color) in Irish, emphasizing “fionnrua” (“strawberry” or “Venetian” blond) and, because of the emoji issue, “rua” (red). We also practiced some of the other typical colors: donn, dubh, and liath. With phrases like “fear donn” or “bean fhionnrua” [ban IN-ROO-uh, silent “fh”], we’re using the…
When Is ‘Strawberry Blonde’ Not ‘Strawberry’? When It’s ‘Fionnrua’ (An Introduction to Hair Color in Irish) Posted by róislín on May 31, 2015
(le Róislín) In the last blog post, we looked at the issue of redhead emojis, or the lack thereof. In the past, when we just had simple hand-typed emoticons or basic yellow smileys, hair color wasn’t so much of an issue. But now that we have a wide variety of choices for hair color and…