Articles tagged ‘speaking irish’
Irish Slang - Shift
By Seán | July 8th, 2007 |
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You speak English. You’ve heard most of Ireland does as well. You may have heard the Irish speak the best english in the world. In any case, the last thing you may be expecting is communication difficulties on your visit to the emerald isle.
Most of the potentential pitfalls in your conversations may come from the [...]
Irish Slang - Collect
By Seán | July 1st, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Begorrah! Top of the morning!
Yes, two phrases you may have heard on Darby O’Gill and the Little People but that you will never actually hear spoken in Ireland. Most people have heard the Irish speak, but there are a lot of little things about their slang and turns of phrase that are often misunderstood by [...]
Irish Slang - A Ride
By Seán | June 25th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So you speak English. Why not travel to the land of saints and scholars where English has been lyrically embellished since the dark ages; a week or two in Ireland and I won’t even need a translation dictionary!
A few weeks of hearing your language dancing gracefully and coherantly across the Irish tongue might be more [...]
Bilingual Irish society
By Seán | May 23rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
A close relative of mine who shall remain unnamed to prevent any embarassment once expressed an interest in visiting us here in Ireland.
“So, what’s the lingua franca in Ireland?” she asked.
At first I was flattered that she thought I was functioning in an Irish-speaking society. Then I considered that many Americans, God bless ‘em, [...]
