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A Little More on “Croch” (hang) and “Crochtacht” (steepness) in Irish Posted by róislín on Apr 25, 2015
(le Róislín) Some of you may have read the recent blog on the mysterious and apparently misprinted word in some recent editions of An Béal Bocht (The Poor Mouth), a hilarious satirical novel by “Myles na gCopaleen” (aka Flann O’Brien aka Brian Ó Nualláin aka Brian O’Nolan). So what was that word again–“*corchtacht” [sic]? You…
Mistéir an Fhrása ‘ó chorchtacht’ [sic] in ‘An Béal Bocht’ — Réitithe (An Irish typo — solved) Posted by róislín on Apr 20, 2015
(le Róislín) When I first read the delightful Irish satirical classic, An Béal Bocht, (The Poor Mouth), one phrase that puzzled me was “… i bpriacal do mharfa ó chorchtacht na tíre” (p. 14). Literally, it would mean, “… in danger of being killed from the “corchtacht” [sic] of the land.” The official translation gives “from…