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Re: The Irish Language - Lets try & learn one word a week.
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 11:47 am
by HwoodMike2umate
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".
Re: The Irish Language - Lets try & learn one word a week.
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 12:29 pm
by HwoodMike2umate
Re: The Irish Language - Lets try & learn one word a week.
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 6:48 pm
by HwoodMike2umate
Well have a guess folks .... Shona La Vailintin
Re: The Irish Language - Lets try & learn one word a week.
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 12:35 pm
by rumncoke
So the caps who shouted " Tora Tora Tora " were speaking Irish
and the Tories are behind the Celtic Tiger
Re: The Irish Language - Lets try & learn one word a week.
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 2:11 pm
by Shan
Stay off the drugs, Rum.
Re: The Irish Language - Lets try & learn one word a week.
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 1:41 pm
by HwoodMike2umate
And for Saturday night's game it may be useful to know that Cheetah in Irish is Siota (pronounced She-oh-ta). Agreed Shan?
This week's useful link -
https://inirish.bitesize.irish/2124
Re: The Irish Language - Lets try & learn one word a week.
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:19 pm
by Shan
Nice one Michael. Pronunciation is spot on.
Re: The Irish Language - Lets try & learn one word a week.
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:38 pm
by rumncoke
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 .
Re: The Irish Language - Lets try & learn one word a week.
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 11:45 pm
by TMHG
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!
Re: The Irish Language - Lets try & learn one word a week.
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:56 pm
by Shan
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.
Re: The Irish Language - Lets try & learn one word a week.
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2020 6:38 pm
by HwoodMike2umate
Cant find any Irish word for Coronavirus but interestingly the Irish word for China is Poirceallan.
Re: The Irish Language - Lets try & learn one word a week.
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2020 9:50 am
by rumncoke
The Irish for Hwoodmike--PORMEANOTHER
Re: The Irish Language - Lets try & learn one word a week.
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 12:56 pm
by HwoodMike2umate
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
Re: The Irish Language - Lets try & learn one word a week.
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 3:19 pm
by HwoodMike2umate
Stamp Duty in Irish is Dleacht Stampa
Re: The Irish Language - Lets try & learn one word a week.
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 7:48 pm
by solidarity
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'.