Tag Archives: hAstráile
Beagán Eile de Bhéarla na hAstráile (A Little More Aussie English, translated into Irish) Posted by róislín on May 28, 2014
(le Róislín) Given our recent “turas focal go dtí an Astráil,” I thought it would be interesting to add a few more basics, going beyond just the “-ie” ending ones we just looked at, like “barbie” and “tallie” (nasc thíos). These will include the word “Australia” itself and the Irish versions of some iconic Aussie…
Cuir Gaeilge ar Fhocail ‘Strine’ (Focail Astrálacha mar ‘brumby,’ srl.) Posted by róislín on May 25, 2014
(le Róislín) In the last blog, we looked at the Irish word “beárbaiciú” and the various English versions (barbecue, barbeque, bar-b-q, BBQ, and the Australian “barbie”). So I thought it would be a fun challenge to look at some representative Australian English words and see what they would be in Irish. Some of them will…