Do I know anyone who’s F L U E N T in Scottish Gaelic? I have a phonetics question regarding a beguiling water spirit character name that I’ve created and I want it to sound authentic. #ScottishGaelic

Election latest: A swarm of bees has arrived at Worthing Leisure Centre where counting for Worthing, Adur and West Sussex councils are under way. Returning officer Paul Brewer has advised everyone to REMAIN INDOORS

Today’s Irish language lesson comes from the book Motherfoclóir, companion to the podcast I’ve been catching up on (currently listening to May/Bealtaine 2021). I found the book at the Central Library in Rochester.

Settling to read @darach.bsky.social’s #MotherFoclóir, complete with a forward by @daraobriain.bsky.social - an insightful and amusing journey through the Irish language. #BookSky #SpeirGorm

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this book is so fun. picked it up at the big hodges figgis bookstore on dawson street in dublin, which is a happy lil slice of paradise for book people. @darach.bsky.social is hilarious and is also helping my irish language studies.

Source: (Would have been worth the modest full price, never mind the discounted one I just bought it for. Still some copies left in Bookstation in Nutgrove Shopping Centre, Dublin! #speirgorm)

Are you a speaker of Irish English? If so, would you share your thoughts on “only” with me for academic research? umfragen.tu-dortmund.de/index.php/42... Thank you very much!!!!🙏🙏🙏

I'm asking the tough theological questions this Easter.

this short thread is a giggle and honestly i’m surprised it didn’t swamped with ‘well eckshully’, but the day in the u.s. is still young

#10WeAdmire – Caitlín Maude (1941–1982) was an Irish poet, playwright, prose writer, Irish-language revival activist, actor, singer, and teacher. Born in Casla, County Galway, Maude was immersed in Irish throughout her childhood and studied at University College Galway.

Damn straight ‘Zombie’ is Irish

That made me think of óg géar, which could work for ogre if it’s sharp in the blade sense, or teeth, rather than intelligence.

Consistently voted the ridiest Fenian in the polls @theirishfor.bsky.social ran back in the day

The Irish for “raisins” is “rísíní” (ree-SHEE-nee) and I don’t know about @theirishfor.bsky.social but I love me a three-fada word. Very satisfying

Me in @thejournal.ie again: John Charles McQuaid: The Archbishop who ran Ireland returns to our screens on @tg4.bsky.social jrnl.ie/6981642

My favorite was an online-translated Irish language porno rendering “hard cock” as “difficult rooster” - @theirishfor.bsky.social famously on the Motherfoclóir podcast

It's #stpatricksday and I present to you a thread on representations of Irishness from around the world, especially those not well-known in Ireland.

In advance of #stpatricksday, here's a thread of essential articles about Irish stuff which you can present to international friends who wish to understand us better. First up: a tale of two Taytos, by Róisín Lanigan. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/4005...

I knew a guy from Leitrim who would never tell anyone anything, he was fierce private. Once one of the girls in the office declared that she knew someone who knew his girlfriend and he was fuming at the invasion of his privacy. So yes, this motto fits.

Thanks to @thejournal.ie for letting me blather on about baby name trends again. As Naoise enters the top 100, I reflect upon an increasing overlap between the boy name list and the girl name list. jrnl.ie/6971893

No YOU'RE crying over James Connolly's love letter to his future wife

Today I learned... @theirishfor.bsky.social

A love letter from the revolutionary James Connolly to his best girl (and future wife) Lillie.

Roses are red Violets are blue Prepositions before nouns Create an urú.

Roses are red Violets are blue A regular verb in the past tense Gets a séimhiú.

These boys didn’t get the recognition they deserved

Merriment aside, the Irish for gold, frankincense and myrrh is ór, túise agus miorr.

Thanks to @irishexaminer.bsky.social for letting me write this piece about leaders and readers, and the occasional intersection of literature and politics on this island.

See, the Irish for butter is im...

Oh... All this time and I've been saying 'cad faoi-ery'.

The Irish for whataboutery is fadúdachas.

I choose to believe that it is very sassy of @tearma.bsky.social to select múscailte as the Irish for woke, mocking everyone's least favourite divorced Boer by linking his name to the worldview he hates. A coincidence, I'm sure 😉

Taithníonn sé seo liom. 🌈

I choose to believe that it is very sassy of @tearma.bsky.social to select múscailte as the Irish for woke, mocking everyone's least favourite divorced Boer by linking his name to the worldview he hates. A coincidence, I'm sure 😉

I just might have to resurrect Humans of Shop Street, if only to give some of these names their moment in the sun... Dearbhorgaill Echmhílidh Saoirbhreathach Dubhchobhlaigh Luighthighearn Ólchobar (lover of drink) Scandal (yep!) Gormghiolla

Thanks to @lilliputpress.bsky.social for sending me this absolutely gorgeous leabhar on Irish names today. Some absolute stunning names in here.

Always wondered about this sign. Is it truly the Donegal Styx as the na would suggest or were there no fish when it was named so the river was dead?

On the 10th of March, 2015, Ireland legalised drugs for the day. More accurately, the day represented a gap between a court decision on the constitutionality of the 1977 Misuse of Drugs Act and the passing of workable replacement legislation. But to answer your question: yes, it can be done.

The Irish for champagne is seaimpéin.

The Irish for dead is marbh.

@theirishfor.bsky.social Today I learned the Irish for Canada!

The gang at @tearma.bsky.social have given us an Irish word for nepo baby! I almost guessed it a few year back.

The Irish for the passive voice is an fhaí chéasta.

London friends! Come and see me and some very illustrious speakers talk at the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith on the 24th of May. It'll be bleedin' deadly! irishculturalcentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

I'd say "caimiléir" is very close but also to say that I'm 100% not talking about @theirishfor.bsky.social!!

Lá Fhéile Bríde - or - Imbolc, Irish word perhaps related to ewe pregnancy?(@theirishfor.bsky.social) Celebrated on Feb 1 - a time in Ireland to begin preparations for Spring, rooted in traditions long before being Christianized.

Started reading "Motherfoclóir" by Darach ó Séaghdha @theirishfor.bsky.social which is very engaging and entertaining, and perhaps mostly importantly dampens the guilt I feel about having never learnt the language of my people.