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Caitrionasbcglobalnet
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Username: Caitrionasbcglobalnet
Post Number: 22
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 08:53 pm: |   
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Meas tú cé mhéid focail Ghaeilge a úsaideann daoine go minic i Béarla. I was wondering how many Irish words are still used regularly in English in Ireland. Of course the 'craic' is great when I go home but I also hear people refer to a fellow as a 'tráithnín' because he’s so thin or as a 'lúdramán' because he’s a lazy good-for-nothing. These expressions are very common. This is in Mullingar so it's well out of the Gaeltacht area. 'Bhfuil liosta le fáil in aon áit? |
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Lucy (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 11:08 pm: |
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Amadán, buachalán (ragweed), óinseach,tae, bainne,siúcra,sliotar, sceartán are just a few that come into mind. I don't know if there's a list to be found but I'm sure these would be found there. |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 2766
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 04:31 am: |
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Tá roinnt leabhair scríofa ag Diarmaid Ó Muithile faoin ábhar seo. |
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Caitrionasbcglobalnet
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Username: Caitrionasbcglobalnet
Post Number: 24
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 03:06 pm: |
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Go raibh maith agaibh. |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 2773
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 03:41 pm: |
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Ó Muirthile a bhí i gceist agam |
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Chris_c
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Username: Chris_c
Post Number: 20
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 04:58 pm: |
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There are also Irish words that have caught on somewhere along the line in US English.
"Galore," meaning "many"--It's the English rip-off of Irish "go leór."
Since I've been studying Irish, I've noticed quite a few regularly used "English" words that are really Irish. |
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