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Irish “From Head to Toe” but without the “Head” (ceann) or the “Toe” (méar coise)! Posted by on Sep 13, 2009

(le Róislín) It’s interesting how languages can have similar idioms but with slightly different vocabulary.  In Irish there are two ways to express the idea of “from head to toe,” but neither of them uses the word “head” or the word “toe.”  Both offer some useful vocabulary, although admittedly, none of these keywords has quite…

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An Deireadh le “Ceann” – Go Ceann Tamaill! Posted by on Sep 10, 2009

Oh, I just couldn’t resist a few more, especially since these compound words are almost transparent – in other words, they mean just about exactly what you think they’d mean.  That’s assuming you spot the cognates, of course:   a) ceanncheathrú [say: KYAN-HYAH-roo, 2nd “c” is silent, “t” is silent]   b) ceannfhocal [say: KYAN-OK-ul…

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