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Motherfoclóir: Dispatches from a Not So Dead Language | Darach O' Seaghdha

so-so

This book is part memoir, part historical, part etymological and part big long list of mostly very loosely related words. The parts that are memoir are great. The history and etymology are interesting. If that‘s what this book was, it would be great. After the first few chapters, the book is mostly big long lists of words in paragraph form. It‘s tiring and not what I thought I was getting myself into. ðŸ‘‡ðŸ»ðŸ‘‡ðŸ»ðŸ‘‡ðŸ»

GingerAntics I wanted to love this book, but I‘m just exhausted with it. Ó Séaghdha‘s twitter account is great. Stick with that. #DarachOSeaghdha #Motherfolcoir #IrishLanguage #Irish 5y

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GingerAntics

Motherfoclóir: Dispatches from a Not So Dead Language | Darach O' Seaghdha

This is so true.
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Motherfoclóir: Dispatches from a Not So Dead Language | Darach O' Seaghdha

I must explore this literature!!!
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Motherfoclóir: Dispatches from a Not So Dead Language | Darach O' Seaghdha

Totally different. I don‘t see why people get confused. It‘s so obvious.
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa ðŸ˜‚. Of course they aren‘t! 5y

GingerAntics @Riveted_Reader_Melissa see!!! You see it, too!!! ðŸ¤£ðŸ˜‚ðŸ¤£ 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Even when I see a stout by the waterfall. 5y

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GingerAntics @Riveted_Reader_Melissa exactly. I don‘t get why everyone says Irish is so hard to learn. ðŸ˜† 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @GingerAntics It‘s probably all pronunciation emphasis, or article beforehand (like spanish), or the hand gesture that goes with it, or most likely context. You rarely catch and skin a waterfall? So totally obvious!! 5y

GingerAntics @Riveted_Reader_Melissa ðŸ¤£ðŸ˜‚ðŸ¤£ Irish actually doesn‘t have a word for â€œa,â€ but it does have a word for â€œthe.â€ It‘s probably context and if it has an eclipse or lenition it would be different by gender. There are some adjectives that change based on if something is living or not, so that would be a clue. It‘s a really weird language. 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @GingerAntics It sounds very interesting. 5y

GingerAntics @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I just figured out from my â€œvery first Irish dictionaryâ€ picture dictionary that the basic sentence structure is verb-noun-adjective. So I feel more confident this evening than I did this morning. The pronunciation is so different, it‘s going to take me a while to get a handle on it. 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @GingerAntics Pronunciation is always so hard, especially if you can‘t hear it. And from the only authentic Gaelic I‘ve ever heard, the sounds were so different...I‘m guessing true Welsh and Irish are equally different to the ear than the sounds we‘re use too from English. 5y

GingerAntics @Riveted_Reader_Melissa that‘s a good way to put it. I‘ve got some great pronunciation stuff from Pimsleur, but almost no pronunciation from Duolingo. I‘m hoping that in the next year or so I‘ll be able to do bite size Irish. That actually have video chat communities to work on pronunciation and discussion. (edited) 5y

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GingerAntics

Motherfoclóir: Dispatches from a Not So Dead Language | Darach O' Seaghdha

Not going to lie, this is funny, yes, but it‘s also getting old. Long strings of words and meanings. I miss the memoir parts. Apparently that‘s just the first 1/4 to 1/3.
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Motherfoclóir: Dispatches from a Not So Dead Language | Darach O' Seaghdha

Oodles and oodles of ruidles!
This word is dead useful!!! If they‘re not going to use it, I‘m stealing it.
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa That‘s a great word, I love it! 5y

GingerAntics @Riveted_Reader_Melissa right?! I don‘t understand how this word has disappeared from Irish dictionaries. 5y

Oldschool_millenial I wanna to use it! How it's it pronounced? 5y

GingerAntics @Oldschool_millenial right? This is an absolutely necessary word!!! The pronunciation I‘m not so sure on yet. I don‘t have enough experience with Irish to give a good guess at the proper pronunciation. Currently, in my head, it rhymes with oodles. ðŸ¤·ðŸ¼â€â™€ï¸ I‘ll get back to you on this, though. Technically it‘s not a word anymore, so I guess it‘s however we want? (edited) 5y

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Or someone who likes to screw around at the gym. This is still a useful word. Why don‘t they use it anymore?!
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Oldschool_millenial Wall, door. Or IDIOT ðŸ˜‚ 5y

GingerAntics @Oldschool_millenial that‘s the best part of these â€œlostâ€ words. The beginning goes together, but then they always throw in a curve ball for the last bit. It‘s beautiful. 5y

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GingerAntics

Motherfoclóir: Dispatches from a Not So Dead Language | Darach O' Seaghdha

Well, thank god!!! I‘ve been looking for a word that meant just this for ages!!!
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Texreader I‘m loving these! Thanks for sharing! 5y

GingerAntics @Texreader I will be sure to keep an eye out for any other strange Irish legal terms, just for you. ðŸ¤£ðŸ˜‚ðŸ¤£ I was wondering earlier what it would have been like to be a lawyer when this term was in use. â€œYes, your honour, my client did light his neighbour‘s house on fire, but you see, he was honour-bound to royally piss off his neighbour; therefore, his arson was a matter of duty, and thus totally legal.â€ 5y

Texreader I know I could so use that argument every now and then!! ðŸ¤£ðŸ¤£ðŸ¤£ 5y

GingerAntics @Texreader see!!! I‘m sure today they‘d want a whiteness to when he became honour-bound, but really, what can you do?! He had a job to do, the house was in the way. The defence rests!!! ðŸ¤·ðŸ¼â€â™€ï¸ 5y

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