Tag Archives: tarmachan
Níl aon “P” bréagléannta i nGaeilge (Béarla: ptarmigan vs. Gaeilge: tarmachan) Posted by róislín on Jul 27, 2014
(le Róislín) We recently noted some extreme examples of English spelling (like chthonic, mnemonic, and pneumonia) and a couple of English words with initial “pt” like “pteranodon” and “ptarmigan” (naisc thíos) One of those words was an example of pseudo-learned spelling in English since the initial silent letter was added, to make the word look…
The Case of the Missing ‘P’ or, Ó ‘Tharmachan’ (Irish) go ‘Ptarmigan’ (English) Posted by róislín on Jun 23, 2013
(le Róislín) In the last blog, we looked at a few of the more unusually spelled words in the Irish language (aghaidh, bratach/bhratach, buachar/bhuachair lámh/láimhe, Saoirse/Shaoirse and saoirse/shaoirse, sráid/tsráid). Not that these are overly long or unusual words in Irish. They’re mostly very basic vocabulary, except perhaps for “buachar” (cow-dung) which is no doubt ordinary…