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Um, um, nasturtiums, geraniums, and chrysanthemums — oh my! (Ainmneacha Plandaí 5) Posted by róislín on Sep 30, 2016
(le Róislín) Three more flower names this time around. And what do they have in common? Simply the fact that they end in “-um” in English. So we’ll see if this gives us any sort of pattern for words borrowed from Latin, or do they all end up with different ending in Irish? It’s actually…