{"id":8023,"date":"2016-06-18T12:21:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T12:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=8023"},"modified":"2016-06-26T00:17:09","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T00:17:09","slug":"maidir-leis-an-gcnamh-hioideach-sin-regarding-the-hyoid-bone-o-radharc-an-mhadra-irish-speaking-natch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/maidir-leis-an-gcnamh-hioideach-sin-regarding-the-hyoid-bone-o-radharc-an-mhadra-irish-speaking-natch\/","title":{"rendered":"Maidir leis an gCn\u00e1mh Hi\u00f3ideach Sin (Regarding the Hyoid Bone) &#8212; \u00f3 radharc an mhadra (Irish-speaking, natch!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bhuel, a chairde (cain\u00edneach agus daonna).\u00a0 Seo an madra ag &#8220;caint.&#8221;\u00a0 T\u00e1 m\u00e9 f\u00f3s ag fanacht le hainm.\u00a0 M\u00e1s cuimhin leat, sa bhlag eile f\u00fam (nasc th\u00edos), bh\u00ed &#8220;Fido&#8221; ann mar shampla d&#8217;ainm do mhadra, ach b&#8217;fhearr liom ainm n\u00edos Gaela\u00ed.\u00a0\u00a0 Molta\u00ed ar bith agaibh?\u00a0 Bheinn bu\u00edoch d\u00edbh!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8026\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/06\/dog-only-6-25-16-for-6-18-16-from-6-18-16-for-6-11-16-e1466899597342.jpg\" aria-label=\"Dog Only 6 25 16 For 6 18 16 From 6 18 16 For 6 11 16 E1466899597342\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8026\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8026\"  alt=\"grafaic: http:\/\/www.clipartlord.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/woman32.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"703\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/06\/dog-only-6-25-16-for-6-18-16-from-6-18-16-for-6-11-16-e1466899597342.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>grafaic: http:\/\/www.clipartlord.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/woman32.png<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>P\u00e9 sc\u00e9al \u00e9, t\u00e1 m\u00e9 anseo inniu le bheith ag caint faoi chn\u00e1mha hi\u00f3ideacha.<\/strong>\u00a0 (Anyway, I&#8217;m here today to talk about hyoid bones).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fada \u00f3 shin l\u00e9igh \u00fadar an bhlag seo nach raibh cn\u00e1mh hi\u00f3ideach ach ag daoine agus ag N\u00e9andeart\u00e1laigh.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But looking further into this situation, she finds that various animals do have hyoid bones.\u00a0 It&#8217;s just the position of the bone in relation to &#8220;<strong>an laraing<\/strong>&#8221; and &#8220;<strong>an teanga<\/strong>&#8221; that makes the difference in the ability to speak.<\/p>\n<p><strong>C\u00e9n f\u00e1th?\u00a0 T\u00e1 cn\u00e1mh hi\u00f3ideach an duine r\u00e9as\u00fanta \u00edseal i muine\u00e1l an duine agus is \u00e9 an su\u00edomh sin a thugann cumas labhartha do dhaoine.\u00a0 Sna mamaigh eile a bhfuil cn\u00e1mh hi\u00f3ideach acu t\u00e1 an chn\u00e1mh suite r\u00f3-ard don chumas labhartha.\u00a0 Fi\u00fa i na\u00edon\u00e1in dhaonna, b\u00edonn an chn\u00e1mh hi\u00f3ideach suite r\u00f3-ard agus mar sin n\u00ed bh\u00edonn an strucht\u00far acu a bheith \u00e1balta labhairt go dt\u00ed go n-\u00edsl\u00edonn an chn\u00e1mh hi\u00f3ideach agus an laraing.\u00a0 De ghn\u00e1th tosa\u00edonn sin ag tarl\u00fa nuair at\u00e1 an na\u00edon\u00e1n thart f\u00e1 thr\u00ed mh\u00ed d&#8217;aois.\u00a0 Ar nd\u00f3igh, ag an aois sin, plubaireacht <\/strong>(babbling)<strong> is m\u00f3 at\u00e1 ann, n\u00ed focail idirdhealaithe le cialla cruinne.\u00a0 Ach t\u00e1 an t-infreastrucht\u00far ann don chumas labhartha, le n-\u00fas\u00e1id nuair a bh\u00edonn an fhorbairt chogna\u00edoch r\u00e9idh.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the human hyoid bone didn&#8217;t descend in the way it does, people wouldn&#8217;t be able to speak.\u00a0 They would only be able to make sounds, like hooting (<strong>scr\u00e9ach<\/strong>), grunting (<strong>gn\u00fasacht<\/strong>), and gabbling (<strong>glagaireacht<\/strong>).\u00a0 \u00a0Of course, as canines, we don&#8217;t have speech either, except for a few literary or filmic exceptions, like Martha, of <em>Martha Speaks;<\/em>\u00a0Astro, of <em>The Jetsons;<\/em>\u00a0Scooby-Doo, of, well, <em>Scooby-Doo<\/em>, or Shadow and Chance of <em>Homeward Bound<\/em> (the 1993 remake of <em>The Incredible Journey<\/em>).\u00a0 But we do have plenty of ways of being expressive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is f\u00e9idir linn:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>tafann<\/strong> (bark)<\/p>\n<p><strong>sceamh a ligea<\/strong>n (yelp)<\/p>\n<p><strong>geona\u00edl<\/strong> (whimper)<\/p>\n<p><strong>drannt\u00e1n a chur asainn<\/strong> (growl),<\/p>\n<p><strong>drannadh<\/strong> (snarl), <strong>agus ar nd\u00f3igh,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00e1r s\u00faile tochtmhara<\/strong> (our soulful eyes), <strong>su\u00edomh \u00e1r gcluas<\/strong> (the position of our ears), <strong>agus \u00e1r rubaill a l\u00e9ir\u00edonn \u00e1r ngi\u00famar, ag croitheadh go haigeanta n\u00f3 in\u00e1r ngabhail againn<\/strong> (<strong>nuair a mhotha\u00edonn muid<\/strong> &#8220;hangdog&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p><strong>An bhfuil m\u00f3r\u00e1n difr\u00edochta idir &#8220;drannt\u00e1n&#8221; agus &#8220;drannadh&#8221; mar fhocail?\u00a0 N\u00edl a fhios agam.\u00a0 Ceist do na teangeolaithe agus do na hiompraithe ainmhithe \u00ed sin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To conclude, what I&#8217;ve found out so far is that we dogs do have <strong>cn\u00e1mha hi\u00f3ideacha<\/strong>, but they&#8217;re not positioned in the right place for speech as humans know it.\u00a0 But enough of this anatomical analysis.\u00a0 I&#8217;m catching a whiff of a <strong>cn\u00e1mh dheas bhlasta le neart fola uirthi agus a l\u00e1n solamair inti<\/strong>.\u00a0 <strong>Sl\u00e1n go f\u00f3ill agus m\u00e1s f\u00e9idir leat ainm Gaeilge a mholadh dom, bheadh mise agus m&#8217;\u00fain\u00e9ir bu\u00edoch d\u00edot.\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Madra gan ainm agus R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>An blag eile faoin husca\u00ed:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/fido-is-ainm-do-mo-mhadra-how-to-say-my-dogs-name-is-in-irish\/\">Fido Is Ainm do Mo Mhadra (How to Say \u2018My Dog\u2019s Name Is \u2026\u2019 in Irish)<\/a>Posted \u00a0y\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/author\/roslyn\/\">r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0on Jun 11, 2016 in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/category\/irish-language\/\">Irish Language<\/a> (https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/fido-is-ainm-do-mo-mhadra-how-to-say-my-dogs-name-is-in-irish\/)<br \/>\n<strong>Dorn\u00e1n foins\u00ed: \u00a0<\/strong>http:\/\/www.penn.museum\/documents\/publications\/expedition\/PDFs\/49-2\/Lieberman.pdf<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/nova\/evolution\/are-neanderthals-human.html<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/7468-hyoid-bone-changed-history.html<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/a-vet-to-be.blogspot.com\/2012\/11\/hyoid-apparatus.html<\/p>\n<p>and on Scooby-Doo&#8217;s idiosyncratic speech: http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/but-not-simpler\/2014\/03\/11\/finally-name-scooby-doos-speech-disorder\/#.V25zw7srKM8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"323\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/06\/dog-only-6-25-16-for-6-18-16-from-6-18-16-for-6-11-16-e1466899577257-323x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Bhuel, a chairde (cain\u00edneach agus daonna).\u00a0 Seo an madra ag &#8220;caint.&#8221;\u00a0 T\u00e1 m\u00e9 f\u00f3s ag fanacht le hainm.\u00a0 M\u00e1s cuimhin leat, sa bhlag eile f\u00fam (nasc th\u00edos), bh\u00ed &#8220;Fido&#8221; 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