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Three Ways to Say “Keeping Your Nose to the Grindstone” in Irish without Using the Words for “Nose” or “Grindstone” –  Is é sin a rá, cora cainte atá difriúil ar fad i bhfoclaíocht ach mar a gcéanna (beagnach) i gciall Posted by on Aug 31, 2017

(le Róislín) In the most recent blogpost (nasc thíos), we did some discussion of noses (sróna) and grindstones (clocha líofa), which led to an interesting vocabulary work-out.  In today’s post, we’ll actually look at some more traditional ways of saying “to keep your nose to the grindstone,” none of which mention noses or grindstones.   This…

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Pronouncing “taoschnó” and other “-chn-,” “-chr-,” and “-chl-” combinations in Irish Posted by on Jul 17, 2015

(le Róislín) In the last blog we looked at the recent “scannal lite na dtaoschnónna,” as reported in the media concerning Ariana Grande in the Dunkin’ Donuts shop. And I have to admit that even though I’ve been familiar with the words “taos,” “cnó,” and “taoschnó” for years, I still notice an “eye-boggling” effect, where …

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An ‘-gate’ is déanaí–Ariana agus na taoschnónna Posted by on Jul 13, 2015

(le Róislín) So, yet another “-gate” has graced the English-language media, thanks to Ariana Grande, an popamhránaí.  Not “uisce” or “buimí” or “mamónna” or “brocairí” or “cluichirí” or “droichid” or “portráidí” or any of the 100+ other “-gate” terms listed by Wikipedia (nasc thíos).  This time it’s “doughnutgate” (aka “donutgate”). As I mentioned previously (nasc…

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