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Speaking of ‘galar na bó buile’ (‘mad cow disease’ in Irish) Posted by róislín on Apr 30, 2015
(le Róislín) In a recent blog post, we briefly discussed einceifileapaite spúinseach bhólachta, which is also known as ‘galar na bó buile‘ (nasc thíos). In other words, bovine spongiform encephalopathy aka mad cow disease. It’s a bit of a mouthful in Irish as it is in English, so why don’t we take a closer look…
What’s Wrong? Discussing Illnesses in Irish: Cad atá ort? Galar? Tinneas? Rud Eile? Posted by róislín on Oct 22, 2014
(le Róislín) While working on the last few blogs about “galar víris Ebola” and illnesses in general, I got to thinking — why do we have so many terms for describing health — even on the “lay” level? In English, we have “disease,” “illness,” “sickness,” “ache,” “disorder,” and, more generally, “malady” and “affliction.” Irish has…