Sun 23 Apr, 2006 06:26 pm - Cead- as in de[u]cayed[/u]
Mile- meal-eh
Failte- fall-cha (as in [u]cha[/u]llenge)
Basically, when there is a fada on 'i', the sound changes to 'eee'. With a fada on the... (view)
Thu 20 Apr, 2006 08:54 am - Yep a hundred thousand welcome's. Cead is a hundred. Mile is a thousand and failte is welcome. The accents over the letters are known as "fada's". Pronounced fod as in... (view)
Wed 19 Apr, 2006 06:03 am - You learn gaelic in school from when you first start. That means most Irish people will have studied Irish (as it's known here) from the age of 4 until they finish school at about 18.
The... (view)
Tue 18 Apr, 2006 04:54 am - [quote="pachelbel"]Hey Yoss83,
'me gra tu'
[/quote]
I think this is meant to be 'Ta me in gra leat' (Taw may in graw lath) = 'I love you'. (view)
Tue 18 Apr, 2006 04:50 am - Good morning - Dia duit ar maidin (dee-ah ditch air modge-in) (literally God be with you this morning.)
Thank you - Go raibh maith agat. (guh rev moh a-gut) (view)
Sat 15 Apr, 2006 09:03 am - We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. Start was a bit slow and felt like giving up at one point. (Although any book on the tail of Crime And Punishment is going to seem slow!) I'm... (view)
