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Dmd
Member Username: Dmd
Post Number: 25 Registered: 09-2009
| Posted on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 08:49 am: |
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The following interlexical homographs - Irish / English may be of interest to Daltai posters. Any mistakes are mine!! I couldnt find a list of these anywhere so I've collected these few recently. Any additions welcome. Think theres the odd Homophone here as well. a, an, go, sin, do, air, as, tar, am, fan, fear, cheap, teach, bean, rang, lean, bog, post, so, file, clog, dream, rug, seal, port, both, cam, long, poll, sail, sea, snag, stair, cling. |
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Joe
Member Username: Joe
Post Number: 39 Registered: 09-2009
| Posted on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 09:10 am: |
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I'm not too sure that "bog" is a valid homograph. The English word "bog" meaning marshy ground, peat bog etc. is a loan word from Irish, where "bog" means soft, movible pliable etc. |
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Macdara
Member Username: Macdara
Post Number: 79 Registered: 09-2008
| Posted on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 09:12 am: |
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Is onomatapoiea é cling,fósta! |
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Hugo
Member Username: Hugo
Post Number: 35 Registered: 09-2008
| Posted on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 09:25 am: |
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A few more off the top of my cloigeann: tart, fill, punt, pus. |
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Abigail
Member Username: Abigail
Post Number: 1186 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 09:45 am: |
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cur, fail, bob, Life, each, long... Tá fáilte roimh chuile cheartú!
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Jehan
Member Username: Jehan
Post Number: 58 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 10:48 am: |
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and in French I can think of nothing but 3 : port, long , file . there're certainly more though . Would that mean that French is so far from Irish ? well, a 4th one of course : do (for music) |
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Dmd
Member Username: Dmd
Post Number: 26 Registered: 09-2009
| Posted on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 01:03 pm: |
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Yes I knew cling was a homophone, as indeed are ball and fir!! Would not bog (díom) be different from bog (marsh)? Anyway I'm delighted with the interest and I'll keep at it. le meas DMD |
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