{"id":64,"date":"2009-08-13T00:42:28","date_gmt":"2009-08-13T04:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=64"},"modified":"2009-08-13T00:42:28","modified_gmt":"2009-08-13T04:42:28","slug":"meryl-streep-mar-eireannach-mna-is-mar-fhrancach-mna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/meryl-streep-mar-eireannach-mna-is-mar-fhrancach-mna\/","title":{"rendered":"Meryl Streep mar \u00c9ireannach Mn\u00e1 is mar Fhrancach Mn\u00e1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chonaic m\u00e9 an scann\u00e1n Julie & Julia<\/em> ar an deireadh seachtaine agus bh\u00ed s\u00e9 go hiontach.\u00a0 <\/span>Rinne Meryl Streep r\u00f3l Julia Child agus t\u00e1 an-jab d\u00e9anta aici leis an mblas Francach, sin mo bhar\u00fail, p\u00e9 sc\u00e9al \u00e9.\u00a0 <\/span>Ar nd\u00f3igh, n\u00edorbh Fhrancach \u00ed Julia ach Meirice\u00e1nach a d\u2019fhoghlaim Fraincis.\u00a0 <\/span>Mar sin, d\u2019fh\u00e9adfadh blas Meryl a bheith mar Mheirice\u00e1nach ag labhairt Fraincise.\u00a0 <\/span>Ar nd\u00f3igh blas cl\u00faiteach agus tuin chainte di f\u00e9in a bh\u00ed ag Julia Child!\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Reviewer Steve Rhodes (<\/span>www.toptenreviews.com<\/span><\/a>) once described Streep as a \u201ccaimileon guthach<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/span>Of course, he said it i mB\u00e9arla, <\/strong>a \u201cvocal chameleon.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Now that\u2019s a useful Irish phrase to try to work into some comhr\u00e1<\/strong> at your next \u201cuair mhanglaim<\/strong>\u201d (cocktail hour).\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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So, how many other blasanna<\/strong> can you think of that Meryl Streep has mastered?\u00a0 <\/span>And which films were they in (freagra\u00ed th\u00edos<\/strong>): Polannach?\u00a0 <\/span>Danmhargach?\u00a0 <\/span>Sasanach? Iod\u00e1lach?<\/strong> At least one iriseoir<\/strong> (san iris<\/strong>, Time<\/em>, 9\/7\/81) describes her as slipping into a little Zsa Zsa Gabor riff as well but I don\u2019t think the blas \u201cGaborach\u201d<\/strong> (or could I say, the \u201cblas ZsaZsa\u00edoch<\/strong>\u201d?) ever made it into a film.\u00a0 <\/span>Please let me know if otherwise. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Streep herself has commented on how the Irish accent she used as \u201cKate Mundy\u201d in Dancing at Lughnasa<\/em> wasn\u2019t the blas Bhaile \u00c1tha Cliath<\/strong> that most Americans are familiar with in movies, but a distinctively Northern, Donegal one.\u00a0 <\/span>She has Irish, English, and Swiss ancestry on her mother\u2019s side.\u00a0 <\/span>I remember reading an article around the time that Lughnasa<\/em> opened, in which she said she felt a greater connection to that side of the family, while making the film.\u00a0 <\/span>At any rate, she was highly praised for her Irish accent work.\u00a0 <\/span>She ultimately mastered it more, as she once said, by letting it sink in naturally than by working with a dialect coach.\u00a0 <\/span>An caimileon guthach<\/strong> at work!.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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C\u00e1 as an sloinne<\/span><\/strong> \u201cStreep\u201d \u00e9 f\u00e9in?\u00a0 <\/span>Is focal Ollanach \u00e9 agus cialla\u00edonn s\u00e9 \u201cl\u00edne dh\u00edreach\u201d ach<\/strong> \u201cMesserschnitz\u201d (-schmitz?) an sloinne f\u00edor a bh\u00ed ar an teaghlach sular athraigh a sinsir \u00e9.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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One thing that\u2019s certain, if there\u2019s an official blas Nua-Gheirs\u00ed, <\/strong>Meryl Streep can turn it off and on at will.\u00a0 <\/span>Her accent work as Sister Aloysius in Doubt <\/em>(2008) <\/em>came close to her home territory (Geirs\u00ed Thuaidh<\/strong>); that movie was set sa Bhroncs <\/strong>[say: suh VRONKS].\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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One regret of mine, unless she chooses to reprise the role, or some long-buried tapes emerge, we\u2019ll never get to hear Streep\u2019s accent as the consummate hillbilly doll, Daisy Mae, in Li\u2019l Abner<\/em>, which she played in high school.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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T\u00e1 m\u00e9 ag tn\u00fath lena cloiste\u00e1il mar bhean an tsionnaigh sa scann\u00e1n Fantastic Mr. Fox <\/em>a <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

oscl\u00f3idh i M\u00ed na Samhna sna St\u00e1it Aontaithe.\u00a0 <\/span>Meryl Streep agus guth sionnaigh aici!\u00a0 <\/span>Sionnach\u00fail, i ngach ciall den fhocal, d\u00e9arfainn.\u00a0 <\/span>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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For a bl\u00fair\u00edn<\/strong> (snippet) of Streep sna Gleannta<\/strong> for the opening of Dancing at Lughnasa<\/em> there, see http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1uom1xU8eSI<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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And finally, c\u00fapla pointe gramada\u00ed,<\/strong> for those who\u2019ve been missing it.\u00a0 <\/span>In the teideal<\/strong> for this blog, I used the phrase to indicate a woman\u2019s nationality; the context emphasizes the fact that an acting role is involved and that, to me, calls for the full phrase.\u00a0 <\/span>Typically, people don\u2019t use this form in casual conversation, as discussed in the previous blogs on nationality.\u00a0 <\/span>You may remember that the word \u201cIrishwoman\u201d is created by stating the nationality (\u00c9ireannach<\/strong>) followed by mn\u00e1<\/strong>, which is the possessive form of \u201cbean<\/strong>\u201d (woman).\u00a0 <\/span>This feminine noun is grammatically irregular, meaning, among other things, that its possessive form looks like its plural subject form, mn\u00e1.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Why possessive, anyway?\u00a0 <\/span>What\u2019s being possessed?\u00a0 <\/span>Nothing really.\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s \u201ccomplicated,\u201d as everyone\u2019s saying these days, but basically the rule is that nouns used \u201cattributively\u201d to modify other nouns are in the possessive (genitive) form in Irish; sometimes they can be made into prefixes also, but sin \u00c1.B.E.<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span>For nationality, the basic form of the noun (\u00c9ireannach, srl.)<\/strong> is inherently masculine and may be understood as gender-free in some contexts. \u00a0<\/span>But to truly say \u201cIrishwoman,\u201d one needs \u201cmn\u00e1<\/strong>\u201d at the end. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Pointe gramada\u00ed<\/span><\/strong> eile<\/strong>: \u201cagus<\/strong>\u201d (and) may be shortened to \u201cis<\/strong>,\u201d making it look like the Irish verb \u201cis<\/strong>\u201d [say: iss], which itself is similar to but not the same as the English verb \u201cis\u201d <\/strong>[say: izz].\u00a0 <\/span>With so much work done previously on stating nationalities, (Is Breatnach \u00e9, srl<\/strong>.), just clarifying here that this \u201cis<\/strong>\u201d really is the conjunction.\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Freagra\u00ed, as Gaeilge ar dt\u00fas<\/span><\/strong>, just for a babhta beag traen\u00e1la<\/strong>: a: Rogha Shadhbh<\/strong>, b: As an Afraic<\/strong>, c: Bean an Leifteanaint Fhrancaigh<\/strong>, d: Droichid Chontae Madison<\/strong> (v\u00f3ta? Droichid Chontae Madison n\u00f3 Droichid Chontae Mhadison<\/strong>?\u00a0 <\/span>Traditionally, one continued to lenite non-Irish words if the context called for it (An Mhississippi, An Mhackenzie, An Bhug, Guine-Bhissau, m\u00fainteoir Ghalileo<\/strong>), which would give us \u201cMhadison.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>I usually look for precedents but I find no sampla\u00ed<\/strong> either way for this particular case, either ar l\u00edne<\/strong> or i gcl\u00f3<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/span>Anois, as B\u00e9arla<\/strong>: Sophie\u2019s Choice, b: Out of Africa, c: The French Lieutenant\u2019s Woman d: The Bridges of Madison County\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Chonaic m\u00e9 an scann\u00e1n Julie & Julia ar an deireadh seachtaine agus bh\u00ed s\u00e9 go hiontach.\u00a0 Rinne Meryl Streep r\u00f3l Julia Child agus t\u00e1 an-jab d\u00e9anta aici leis an mblas Francach, sin mo bhar\u00fail, p\u00e9 sc\u00e9al \u00e9.\u00a0 Ar nd\u00f3igh, n\u00edorbh Fhrancach \u00ed Julia ach Meirice\u00e1nach a d\u2019fhoghlaim Fraincis.\u00a0 Mar sin, d\u2019fh\u00e9adfadh blas Meryl a bheith…<\/p>\n

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