OT: St. Patrick’s Day

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March 17, 2009 at 2:53 am #161108

Audrey Nickel
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This is a bit off-topic, but I figured that some of you might enjoy IGTF’s frequent St. Patrick’s Day translations thread…things to say on the day to impress (or baffle!) your friends (or to throw some spice into your St. Patrick’s Day performances).

March 17, 2009 at 1:54 pm #161109

sherry-lenox
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Audrey, there was just the most interesting story on our Channel 4 Morning Show about the use of

March 17, 2009 at 2:09 pm #161110

Audrey Nickel
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Unfortunately (and of all days!) the site is experiencing some difficulty.

March 17, 2009 at 4:28 pm #161111

Audrey Nickel
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Since it’s hard to know when the site will be back up, here’s a brief St. Patrick’s Day article I wrote for my Cúpla Focal column in our local Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann newsletter a couple of years ago.

March 17, 2009 at 6:15 pm #161112

renate-kvalsvik
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Beannachtaí na féile Pádraig ort, a Audrey!
Bhí máirseáil in Oslo Dé Sathairn, agus chuaigh mé ansin le mo fhear chéile, mar a dhéanaimid gach bliain. Rachaidh mé go Inis Oírr an tseachtain seo chugainn le mo chairde. Táimid ag foghlaim Gaeilge ag an ollscoil in Oslo, agus íocfaidh an ollscoil as an turas. Tá mé go híontach anois!

I hope I didn’t make too many mistakes there. If I did please let me know. I’m really looking forward to going, although I won’t be able to bring my harp with me and will be without it for two whole weeks! But I’ll manage, barely.

Happy St.Patrick’s Day everyone!

March 17, 2009 at 6:23 pm #161113

Audrey Nickel
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Maith thú, a Renate!

March 17, 2009 at 7:38 pm #161114

renate-kvalsvik
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Go raibh maith agat. Tá mé ag foghlaim Gaeilge ó Lúnasa anuraidh 🙂
I hope I said that right.
It’s hard to learn Irish when your first language is Norwegian and your textbooks are based on English speakers learning Irish. Not that there’s any point on creating an Irish grammar book in Norwegian. We’re only six people in my class.

March 17, 2009 at 8:03 pm #161115

Audrey Nickel
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That would be a challenge, even though your English is also excellent.

March 17, 2009 at 8:24 pm #161116

renate-kvalsvik
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Ah… That makes sense (…)

I have no conversational skills at all. We’ve been mostly focusing on grammar and reading until now, and suddenly our teacher expects us to be able to have conversations with the native speakers over there… It’s scary. Oh well, at least I can talk about the weather. You know the Irish, as long as it isn’t a raging storm they think the weather is fine.
“Ó, tá sé fliuch inniu, ach níl sé fuar, buíochas le Dia!”
(Oh, it’s wet today, but it isn’t cold, thank God!)
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