{"id":5644,"date":"2014-08-25T19:52:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T19:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=5644"},"modified":"2015-12-17T18:41:20","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T18:41:20","slug":"speaking-of-ispini-and-other-breakfast-foods-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/speaking-of-ispini-and-other-breakfast-foods-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking of ‘isp\u00edn\u00ed” and other breakfast foods in Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Bricfeasta<\/a>

Bricfeasta \u00c9ireannach (http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Irish_breakfast.jpg#mediaviewer\/File:Irish_breakfast.jpg)<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ll take “an tsiosarnach<\/strong>” and<\/em> “an t-isp\u00edn<\/strong>,” please.\u00a0 Trying to “have” my “c\u00edste<\/strong>” and eat it too, I guess.\u00a0 So, yes, although most of the time I try to have breakfast foods like i\u00f3gart, m\u00fasla\u00ed, tortha\u00ed<\/strong>, and leite<\/strong> (le coirce “cruach-ghearrtha is fearr!<\/strong>), I have to admit I’m reasonably fond of the bricfeasta traidisi\u00fanta<\/strong>.\u00a0 Here are the typical elements of the typical bricfeasta friochta<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

uibheacha: de ghn\u00e1th b\u00edonn siad “friochta,\u201d ach amanna is f\u00e9idir iad a fh\u00e1il “scallta” n\u00f3 “bogbhruite” n\u00f3 “scrofa” m\u00e1 iarrann t\u00fa mar sin iad.\u00a0 C\u00e9n d\u00f3igh is fearr leat iad? <\/strong><\/p>\n

bag\u00fan<\/strong>: fairly self-explanatory, although it’s quite different in “uigeacht<\/strong>” from the bacon strips sold in the U.S.<\/p>\n

isp\u00edn\u00ed<\/strong>: sausages. \u00a0Remember, we briefly compared\u00a0put\u00f3ga <\/strong>to\u00a0isp\u00edn\u00ed<\/strong><\/strong> in the blog of 21 L\u00fanasa 2014<\/strong> (nasc th\u00edos<\/strong>)?<\/p>\n

put\u00f3g dhubh agus put\u00f3g bh\u00e1n<\/strong>: as we well know by now.\u00a0 I probably should have mentioned that these are\u00a0generally served cut in round slices.\u00a0 It’s the uncut or whole “put\u00f3g<\/strong>,” before slicing, that’s really “isp\u00ednchruthach<\/strong>” [ISH-peen-KHRUH-hukh].\u00a0 Hmm, “isp\u00ednchruthach<\/strong>?”\u00a0 The “cruth<\/strong>” [kruh, silent t] part means “shape,” so this word is patterned in the same way as t-chruthach, u-chruthach, v-chruthach, r\u00e9altchruthach,<\/strong> and ubhchruthach<\/strong> [UV-KHRUH-hukh].\u00a0 An chuid sin<\/strong> “-chruthach<\/strong>” — what a great way to make compound words!\u00a0 We could even postulate ” *crwthchruthach<\/strong>,” to be a bit hybrid-ish about it (since there’s no Irish word for “crwth<\/em>,” fad m’eolais<\/strong>, although “cruit<\/strong>” is related).\u00a0 And it would be reasonably useful, wouldn’t it, in contrast to “fidilchruthach<\/strong>“?\u00a0 For example, if we were discussing the history and construction of stringed instruments.\u00a0 But yes, I digress, when I really want to digest (“d\u00edle\u00e1” i nGaeilge<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

tr\u00e1ta\u00ed friochta<\/strong>, although I would rather have “tr\u00e1ta\u00ed amha<\/strong>,” and can usually get them that way if I ask<\/p>\n

muisiri\u00fain fhriochta<\/strong> (lenition \/ s\u00e9imhi\u00fa<\/strong> because “muisiri\u00fain<\/strong>” ends in a slender consonant)<\/p>\n

Sometimes there is also “ar\u00e1n friochta<\/strong>,” which I usually decline, since there’s almost always plenty of “t\u00f3sta<\/strong>” as well as “ar\u00e1n donn<\/strong>” (neam<\/strong>!).<\/p>\n

Many Americans are also surprised to find “p\u00f3nair\u00ed b\u00e1c\u00e1ilte<\/strong>” as part of the “bricfeasta<\/strong>,” and it seems to me that that’s somewhat more typical i Sasana<\/strong> as opposed to in \u00c9irinn<\/strong>.\u00a0 But perhaps some readers could weigh in on that matter.<\/p>\n

And, now, before we end this blog, and I run “go dt\u00ed an chistin<\/strong>” (or “an chisteanach<\/strong>,” m\u00e1s fearr leat<\/strong>), agus ocras an domhain orm<\/strong>, what was all that about “sizzling” at the beginning of the blog?\u00a0 Simply an extension of Elmer Wheeler’s now classic adage, presented here in Irish, probably for the first time:<\/p>\n

N\u00e1 d\u00edol an st\u00e9ig — d\u00edol an tsiosarnach!<\/strong><\/p>\n

He apparently first wrote it as two direct commands (an modh ordaitheach<\/strong>, for m\u00f3id\u00edn\u00ed na gramada\u00ed!<\/strong>): Don’t sell the steak — sell the sizzle!<\/p>\n

And actually there’s an interesting twist to all that, one that Wheeler himself couldn’t have predicted (fad m’eolais<\/strong>).\u00a0 “St\u00e9ig<\/strong>” has several meanings in Irish, with “steak” probably being the one most frequently encountered these days.\u00a0 But it also means … “intestine.”\u00a0 Not only does that suggest a different message altogether, but it also overlaps with the second major meaning of “put\u00f3g<\/strong>.”\u00a0 Remember the slis\u00edn\u00ed de phut\u00f3ga dubha agus de phut\u00f3ga b\u00e1na, iad ag siosarnach sa fhriocht\u00e1n agus ag glioscarnach ar an bpl\u00e1ta, iad te, blasta, agus dea-bhlasta, m\u00e1s beag\u00e1n gr\u00e9isceach at\u00e1 siad leis?<\/strong>\u00a0 Well, “put\u00f3g<\/strong>” also means “intestine,” not surprising when we consider the origins of sausage casing.\u00a0 \u00a0So now you know why sweet puddings, like chocolate or Swiss apple, aren’t called “put\u00f3ga<\/strong>.”\u00a0 Bhuel, t\u00e1 s\u00e9 in am dom an blag seo a chur ina ch\u00e1s\u00e1il f\u00e9in agus sl\u00e1n (agus “B\u00edodh goile maith agat”) a r\u00e1 go dt\u00ed an ch\u00e9ad uair eile. – R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

PS: C\u00e9n Ghaeilge at\u00e1 ar <\/strong>“pinhead”?\u00a0 Meas t\u00fa?<\/strong>\u00a0 And why am I even asking?\u00a0 N\u00ed ag caint faoi aingil at\u00e1 m\u00e9<\/strong>.\u00a0 How does “pinhead” relate to this blog?\u00a0 Comhghairdeas don ch\u00e9ad duine a scr\u00edobhanns isteach leis an m\u00edni\u00fach\u00e1n.\u00a0 Agus b’fh\u00e9idir<\/strong> “whiff” ionadach de na hisp\u00edn\u00ed at\u00e1 \u00e1 bhfriochadh i bhfriocht\u00e1n mo shamhla\u00edochta. Mo l\u00e9an, n\u00edl f\u00edorisp\u00edn\u00ed sa teach — f\u00f3s!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nasc:<\/strong>\u00a0The Parameters of \u2018Pudding\u2019 (Put\u00f3g et al.)<\/a>\u00a0Posted on 21. Aug, 2014 by r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a> in Irish Language<\/a>\u00a0(https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/the-parameters-of-pudding-putog-et-al\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) I’ll take “an tsiosarnach” and “an t-isp\u00edn,” please.\u00a0 Trying to “have” my “c\u00edste” and eat it too, I guess.\u00a0 So, yes, although most of the time I try to have breakfast foods like i\u00f3gart, m\u00fasla\u00ed, tortha\u00ed, and leite (le coirce “cruach-ghearrtha is fearr!), I have to admit I’m reasonably fond of the bricfeasta…<\/p>\n

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