{"id":6871,"date":"2015-06-28T00:14:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T00:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=6871"},"modified":"2015-10-30T01:42:22","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T01:42:22","slug":"na-madrai-is-granna-ar-domhan-the-ugliest-dogs-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/na-madrai-is-granna-ar-domhan-the-ugliest-dogs-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Na Madra\u00ed Is Gr\u00e1nna ar Domhan (The Ugliest Dogs in the World)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bhuel<\/strong>, they say that &#8220;<strong>\u00e1ille<\/strong>&#8221; is in the eye of the &#8220;<strong>dearcad\u00f3ir<\/strong>&#8221; (or &#8220;<strong>f\u00e9achad\u00f3ir<\/strong>&#8220;).\u00a0 And perhaps even more to the point, &#8220;<strong>N\u00ed h\u00ed an bhre\u00e1thacht a bhruitheann na pr\u00e1ta\u00ed<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;m sure that all &#8220;<strong>\u00fain\u00e9ir\u00ed madra\u00ed<\/strong>&#8221; think that their own &#8220;<strong>madra<\/strong>&#8221; is &#8220;<strong>go h\u00e1lainn<\/strong>.&#8221;\u00a0 But still, we can probably acknowledge that some dogs have more classic proportions and some others, well, the good thing is that dogs don&#8217;t have such a sense of &#8220;<strong>f\u00e9ineacht<\/strong>&#8221; as we humans do.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s winner of the World&#8217;s Ugliest Dog Contest is named Quasi Modo, a pit bull\/Dutch shepherd \u00a0mix.\u00a0 Quasi Modo&#8217;s key feature is being &#8220;<strong>sp\u00edonghearr<\/strong>&#8221; (short-spined), the result of &#8220;<strong>anchuma \u00f3 bhroinn<\/strong>.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Some say Quasi Modo \u00a0looks like a &#8220;<strong>hi\u00e9ana<\/strong>&#8221; or a &#8220;<strong>diabhal Tasm\u00e1nach<\/strong>.&#8221;\u00a0 And I agree, the comparison is apt.\u00a0 Quasi Modo is &#8220;<strong>fadchosach&#8221;<\/strong> and &#8220;<strong>dronnach<\/strong>,&#8221; i.e. <strong>t\u00e1 cuma cruite ar a d(h)roim.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>D\u00e1la an sc\u00e9il, c\u00e9n f\u00e1th a nd\u00fairt m\u00e9 &#8220;a d(h)roim&#8221;<\/strong> (his\/her back)?\u00a0 <strong>Deir cuid de na hailt a l\u00e9igh m\u00e9<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8220;his back,&#8221; <strong>srl.\u00a0 ag tagairt don mhadra seo (mar mhadra fireann) agus deir ailt eile ruda\u00ed mar<\/strong> &#8220;her back.&#8221;\u00a0 <strong>Deir alt amh\u00e1in (ar a laghad),<\/strong> &#8220;its back&#8221; (.i. <strong>gan inscne ar bith<\/strong>).\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>An bhfuil a fhios ag duine ar bith agaibh c\u00e9 acu abairt at\u00e1 f\u00edor: Is madra fireann \u00e9 Quasi Modo N\u00d3 Is madra baineann \u00ed Quasi Modo?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>C\u00e1 bhfuair an t-\u00fain\u00e9ir an madra seo?\u00a0 \u00d3 dh\u00eddean ainmhithe, agus moladh ar leith uaim ag dul d&#8217;oibrithe na d\u00eddine sin.\u00a0 Is \u00f3 dh\u00eddean mo dh\u00e1 mhadra f\u00e9in.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, it does make me a bit sad that this dog&#8217;s malformed spine gains it the label &#8220;<strong>gr\u00e1nna<\/strong>,&#8221; but, well, like I said, dogs probably don&#8217;t fully understand that they&#8217;re competing for &#8220;<strong>gr\u00e1nnacht<\/strong>.&#8221;\u00a0 Quasi Modo (I keep wanting to just say &#8220;Quasi,&#8221; but I&#8217;m not sure if the owner has adopted a shortened moniker, so I&#8217;ll stick with &#8220;<strong>an t-ioml\u00e1n l\u00e9ir<\/strong>&#8220;) looks quite happy and content. \u00a0So <strong>comhghairdeas libh, a Quasi Modo is d&#8217;\u00fain\u00e9ir (neamhainmnithe sna hailt a l\u00e9igh mise).\u00a0\u00a0 T\u00e9ann $1500 leis an mbua, agus n\u00ed haon d\u00f3ith\u00edn \u00e9 sin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think that all the dogs in the show (in fact, all dogs, period) are &#8220;<strong>gleoite<\/strong>,&#8221; and so I would say &#8220;<strong>gr\u00e1<\/strong>&#8221; not &#8220;<strong>gr\u00e1nna<\/strong>,&#8221; and &#8220;<strong>maisi\u00fail<\/strong>&#8221; not &#8220;<strong>m\u00edofar<\/strong>&#8220;!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6878\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/06\/Ugly-_9103931239_cropped-ugly-dog-contest-don-mccullough-e1435953964124.jpg\" aria-label=\"Ugly  9103931239 Cropped Ugly Dog Contest Don Mccullough E1435953964124\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6878\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6878\"  alt=\"Madra sa chom\u00f3rtas &quot;World's Ugliest Dog&quot; i gCalifornia i 2013. De r\u00e9ir cos\u00falachta, is 'Gioblach S\u00edneach \u00e9 (\u00ed ?) an madra seo. (By Don McCullough from Santa Rosa, CA, USA (Ugly?) [CC BY 2.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)\" width=\"310\" height=\"553\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/06\/Ugly-_9103931239_cropped-ugly-dog-contest-don-mccullough-e1435953964124.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/06\/Ugly-_9103931239_cropped-ugly-dog-contest-don-mccullough-e1435953964124.jpg 310w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/06\/Ugly-_9103931239_cropped-ugly-dog-contest-don-mccullough-e1435953964124-196x350.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madra sa chom\u00f3rtas &#8220;World&#8217;s Ugliest Dog&#8221; i gCalifornia i 2013. De r\u00e9ir cos\u00falachta, is &#8216;Gliobach S\u00edneach&#8217; \u00ed an madra seo. (By Don McCullough from Santa Rosa, CA, USA (Ugly?) [CC BY 2.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Often, the Ugliest Dog winners are &#8220;<strong>Gliobaigh Sh\u00edneacha<\/strong>,&#8221; a breed that seems to strike most of us as &#8220;<strong>an\u00e1sta<\/strong>,&#8221; &#8220;<strong>sconribeach<\/strong>,&#8221; and &#8220;<strong>m\u00edmhaiseach<\/strong>&#8221; \u00a0(not to mention &#8220;<strong>gr\u00e1nna<\/strong>&#8221; and &#8220;<strong>m\u00edofar<\/strong>&#8220;). \u00a0\u00a0<strong>Ach bail \u00f3 Dhia orthu, nach cairde d\u00edlse na ndaoine iad na madra\u00ed go l\u00e9ir? <\/strong>At least this year there was some variety to the reign of the Chinese Cresteds in winning this contest.\u00a0 And it&#8217;s a good reminder that wonderful pets can be found at a &#8220;<strong>d\u00eddean ainmhithe<\/strong>,&#8221; as was Quasi Modo.<\/p>\n<p>Before we finish, how about a little Q &amp; A, as much to practice Irish as to learn more about Quasi.\u00a0 (Oh, I give up, I just want to use the &#8220;<strong>leasainm<\/strong>&#8220;).\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Freagra\u00ed th\u00edos.\u00a0 Agus naisc do phicti\u00fair\u00ed de Quasi ina ndiaidh.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) <strong>C\u00e1 as Quasi Modo agus an t-\u00fain\u00e9ir?\u00a0 Is as _______________, Florida, iad.\u00a0 (Sin ceann duit, a Sheanch\u00e1in D.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2) <strong>C\u00e1 mb\u00edonn an com\u00f3rtas bliant\u00fail?\u00a0 B\u00edonn an com\u00f3rtas i ____________, California<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>3) <strong>Cad iad na cl\u00e1racha teilif\u00edse a raibh &#8220;An Madra Is Gr\u00e1nna Ar Domhan&#8221; orthu mar aoi?\u00a0 Bh\u00ed na buaiteoir\u00ed ar chl\u00e1racha mar <\/strong>___________________________________. <strong>\u00a0(NB: Is cl\u00e1racha teilif\u00edse Meirice\u00e1nacha i mB\u00e9arla iad).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SGF\u00a0 &#8212; R\u00f3isl\u00edn \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Freagra\u00ed: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Is as Loxahatchee, Florida, iad. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2) B\u00edonn an com\u00f3rtas i bPetaluma, California.\u00a0 \u00a0Hmmm, &#8220;Pet&#8221;aluma!\u00a0 Comhtharl\u00fa? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Bh\u00ed na buaiteoir\u00ed ar chl\u00e1racha teilif\u00edse mar<\/strong> Good Morning America, Fox News, Entertainment Tonight, the Today Show, the Jimmy Kimmel Show, <strong>agus<\/strong> &#8220;Worst in Show&#8221; (<strong>cl\u00e1r faisn\u00e9ise ar Animal Planet<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Naisc<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>T\u00e1 picti\u00fair de Quasi Modo ag na su\u00edmh seo: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.sonoma-marinfair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/WUD_One-2015.png<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/article\/aba182dad88542778f9f38cf2fd6d7cc\/homely-hounds-compete-be-crowned-worlds-ugliest-dog<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/perezhilton.com\/2015-06-27-quasi-modo-worlds-ugliest-dog-winner-2015-photo#.VZWPBPlVhBd<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/06\/27\/living\/worlds-ugliest-dog-2015-feat\/index.html<\/p>\n<p><strong>T\u00e1 tuilleadh eolais faoin gcom\u00f3rtas <\/strong>&#8220;Ugliest Dog&#8221;<strong> ag su\u00edomh na heagra\u00edochta<\/strong>: \u00a0http:\/\/www.sonoma-marinfair.org\/worlds-ugliest-dog\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"196\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/06\/Ugly-_9103931239_cropped-ugly-dog-contest-don-mccullough-e1435953964124-196x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/06\/Ugly-_9103931239_cropped-ugly-dog-contest-don-mccullough-e1435953964124-196x350.jpg 196w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/06\/Ugly-_9103931239_cropped-ugly-dog-contest-don-mccullough-e1435953964124.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><p>(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Bhuel, they say that &#8220;\u00e1ille&#8221; is in the eye of the &#8220;dearcad\u00f3ir&#8221; (or &#8220;f\u00e9achad\u00f3ir&#8220;).\u00a0 And perhaps even more to the point, &#8220;N\u00ed h\u00ed an bhre\u00e1thacht a bhruitheann na pr\u00e1ta\u00ed.&#8221; And I&#8217;m sure that all &#8220;\u00fain\u00e9ir\u00ed madra\u00ed&#8221; think that their own &#8220;madra&#8221; is &#8220;go h\u00e1lainn.&#8221;\u00a0 But still, we can probably acknowledge that some dogs&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/na-madrai-is-granna-ar-domhan-the-ugliest-dogs-in-the-world\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":6878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3898],"tags":[384435,384434,8894,2034,384436,384367,4981,211629,384366,298587,384441,384437,384438,384362,384364,5966,384365,384433,384363,384440,6821,384439,390278,384368],"class_list":["post-6871","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-irish-language","tag-animal-planet","tag-bpetaluma","tag-chinese","tag-contest","tag-crested","tag-cruit","tag-dog","tag-droim","tag-dronnach","tag-florida","tag-gcalifornia","tag-gioblach","tag-gioblaigh","tag-granna","tag-loxahatchee","tag-madra","tag-petaluma","tag-quasi","tag-quasi-modo","tag-shineacha","tag-sineach","tag-sineacha","tag-ugliest","tag-ugly"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6871"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7231,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6871\/revisions\/7231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}