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3 hours ago · Some Irish-language names have English equivalents, both deriving from a common source, e.g Irish Máire (anglicised Maura), Máirín (Máire + - ín "a diminutive suffix"; anglicised Maureen) and English Mary all derive from French: Marie, which ultimately derives from Hebrew: מַרְיָם (maryām). There are more historical Irish given ...
2 days ago · Th-stopping: /ð/ and /θ/ are pronounced as stops, [d] and [t], making then and den as well as thin and tin homophones. Some accents, realise them as dental stops [t̪, d̪] and do not merge them with alveolar /t, d/, i.e. making tin ([tʰɪn]) and thin [t̪ʰɪn] a minimal pair. In Ulster they are [ð] and [θ].
5 days ago · A translation of meaning: 1. Peta Marie --> Airtín (Máire) [Petra < Petros = Stone = Art] 2. Marnie Rose --> Muireann/Muirgheal (Róis) [Marnie < Marina = (possibly) of the sea = Muir] 3. Paige Marie --> Cailín* (Máire) [Paige = Page = Giolla (boy-servant), Cailín (girl-maid)] *Literally means "girl" though. America has it as "Colleen" 4.
2 days ago · Irish, Manx and Scottish Gaelic form the Goidelic languages, while Welsh, Cornish and Breton are Brittonic. All of these are Insular Celtic languages, since Breton, the only living Celtic language spoken in continental Europe, is descended from the language of settlers from Britain.
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2 days ago · Graves remarked that "English poetic education should, really, begin not with Canterbury Tales, not with the Odyssey, not even with Genesis, but with the Song of Amergin." Recounted in the Leabhar Gabhála (The Book of Invasions), the poem has been described as an invocation, as a mystical chant, as an affirmation of unity, as sorcery, as a creation incantation, and as the first spoken Irish poem.
2 days ago · An Irish-English to American-English dictionary, if you will. His co-workers sent a copy of Tim’s endeavors to the Irish website Joe.ie in 2016, and, we must say, it’s a very comprehensive list.
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