The Irish Language - Lets try & learn one word a week.

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With the battle for the leadership of the Conservative Party well under way this week some of you may wish to know/learn that "Conservative" in Irish is "Coimeadach" but the slightly easier word to know/learn is "Tora" which is Irish for "Tory".

And for those of you heading to Donegal at some stage over the summer "Tory Island" is the very easy to pronounce "Oilean Tora".
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Well have a guess folks .... Shona La Vailintin
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So the caps who shouted " Tora Tora Tora " were speaking Irish

and the Tories are behind the Celtic Tiger
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Stay off the drugs, Rum.
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And for Saturday night's game it may be useful to know that Cheetah in Irish is Siota (pronounced She-oh-ta). Agreed Shan?
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Nice one Michael. Pronunciation is spot on.
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Shan -- one solitary contiflo a day --- much to a surgeons surprise a couple of years ago -- he thought I should be emptying the chemists at my age .
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HwoodMike2umate wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 11:47 am With the battle for the leadership of the Conservative Party well under way this week some of you may wish to know/learn that "Conservative" in Irish is "Coimeadach" but the slightly easier word to know/learn is "Tora" which is Irish for "Tory".

And for those of you heading to Donegal at some stage over the summer "Tory Island" is the very easy to pronounce "Oilean Tora".
Tory (as in Conservatives) comes from the Irish word tóraidhe which means outlaw, robber, bandit.

It makes me smile to see them being called that and they haven't a clue as to how and where the nickname came from!
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rumncoke wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:38 pm Shan -- one solitary contiflo a day --- much to a surgeons surprise a couple of years ago -- he thought I should be emptying the chemists at my age .
I'm thinking more of the non-prescribed stuff yer taking. :D
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Cant find any Irish word for Coronavirus but interestingly the Irish word for China is Poirceallan.
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The Irish for Hwoodmike--PORMEANOTHER
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Useful link for all of you out there who are trying to use your spare time during Lockdown learning a wee bit of Irish ... https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/ed ... ge-phrases
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Stamp Duty in Irish is Dleacht Stampa
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HwoodMike2umate wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2020 3:19 pm Stamp Duty in Irish is Dleacht Stampa
Good on you Mike for this thread but would phonetic spellings accompanying the Irish be a possibility? I'm sure I can make a fair stab at pronouncing 'stampa'. Not so confident about 'dleacht'.
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