Articles tagged ‘gaeilge’
Irish Slang - Happy Christmas!
By Seán | December 25th, 2006 |So you’re in Ireland for the Christmas season and you want to greet folks in an appropriately festive manner.
Well, it’s not that a good old US Merry Christmas would be bizarre, but here in Ireland it’s far more common to say, Happy Christmas.
All well and good, but what is the actual Irish for “Happy [...]
Word up, ya spailpín!
By Seán | December 15th, 2006 |I have a degree in literature. I have worked both as a journalist and in the computer industry as a technical writer (its own distinct application of the language, it should be noted). After almost five years on this side of the pond I can pretty much use anglo and American English interchangeably. In short, [...]
