Calling Irish Gaelic speakers...
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I've already got two similarly incomplete and contradictory offerings from two people who don't actually know the language 
I know "caca" is "cake" in Gaelic (with accents on the As - I think we can assume that accents may be missing due to difficulty of typing them), and is "s
t" in Italian (without accents) but I have no definitive information on whether it also means that in Gaelic.
I know "caca" is "cake" in Gaelic (with accents on the As - I think we can assume that accents may be missing due to difficulty of typing them), and is "st" in Italian (without accents) but I have no definitive information on whether it also means that in Gaelic.XXVIII said:
Been there already, it doesn't have an online translator...pidgeon said:
The following sentence was posted on a forum. I need to be able to work out whether it needs moderating or not. Could someone translate it please?
"Is maith liom an (Person's name) Agus an caca Milis"
You're (or someone's) spelling is out. It should be:"Is maith liom an (Person's name) Agus an caca Milis"
"Is maith liom an (Person's name) Agus an cácaí milse"
It means:
"I like (person's name) and the pastries.
However someone is trying to be clever (with a language they do not know) and say (in the second half) 'sweet s
tes'. The problem is they are not an Irish speaker and have no idea about nominative plural nouns, let alone genitive plural adjectives!And sweet s
tes would be: 'cacanna milse'Edited by Ginetta G15 Girl on Thursday 24th June 00:28
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
Pigeon said:
The following sentence was posted on a forum. I need to be able to work out whether it needs moderating or not. Could someone translate it please?
"Is maith liom an (Person's name) Agus an caca Milis"
Your (or someone's) spelling is out. It should be:"Is maith liom an (Person's name) Agus an caca Milis"
"Is maith liom an (Person's name) Agus an cácaí milse"
It means:
"I like (person's name) and the pastries.
However someone is trying to be clever (with a language they do not know) and say (in the second half) 'sweet s
tes'. The problem is they are not an Irish speaker and have no idea about nominative plural nouns, let alone genitive plural adjectives!And sweet s
tes would be: 'cacanna milse'
There is an amusing hoist-with-one's-own-petard aspect as the poster is Irish and was trying to engage in some linguistic willy-waving
Eric Mc said:
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
Eric,
As Contae an Dún ó dhúchas mé (ín dTuaisceart na h'Éireann), ach té mé ó mo chonai in Sassan anois, mar an drochur!
Cad é mar atá tú a chara??
As Baile Átha Cliath (Baile Dúill). Tá mé in a chonai i Farnborough, Hants as 1986.As Contae an Dún ó dhúchas mé (ín dTuaisceart na h'Éireann), ach té mé ó mo chonai in Sassan anois, mar an drochur!
Cad é mar atá tú a chara??
Gabh mo leithscéal
(Sorry).
I wouldn't abuse the priviledge.
I'm not that good an Irish speaker really. Nearly every child in Ireland (the Republic) is taught Irish from day 1 in school (aged 5 or 6). It was compulsory. By the time we left school at 17/18, most of us had enough of the stuff and didn't keep it up.
At least that's how it was in the 1960s and 70s. maybe pupils are more enthusiastic about it now.
Irish culture is a lot more "cool" now than it was when I was growing up. Back then Irish language and music was for old people and for country bumpkins. Things started changing in the 70s with the advent of the Celtic Rock movement which in turn led to a resurgance in interest in traditional Irish music. Irish dancing made a comeback in the 1990s with popular versions of it getting a wider audience e.g. Michael Flatley and his Riverdance troupe.
I think a genuine interest in the language has also grown in that time.
The Irish respond very poorly to being forced to do things (as the English found out over many centuries) and are much better when they convince themselves that something is worth doing or worth going along with.
(Sorry).
I wouldn't abuse the priviledge.
I'm not that good an Irish speaker really. Nearly every child in Ireland (the Republic) is taught Irish from day 1 in school (aged 5 or 6). It was compulsory. By the time we left school at 17/18, most of us had enough of the stuff and didn't keep it up.
At least that's how it was in the 1960s and 70s. maybe pupils are more enthusiastic about it now.
Irish culture is a lot more "cool" now than it was when I was growing up. Back then Irish language and music was for old people and for country bumpkins. Things started changing in the 70s with the advent of the Celtic Rock movement which in turn led to a resurgance in interest in traditional Irish music. Irish dancing made a comeback in the 1990s with popular versions of it getting a wider audience e.g. Michael Flatley and his Riverdance troupe.
I think a genuine interest in the language has also grown in that time.
The Irish respond very poorly to being forced to do things (as the English found out over many centuries) and are much better when they convince themselves that something is worth doing or worth going along with.
Einion Yrth said:
Eric Mc said:
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
Eric,
As Contae an Dún ó dhúchas mé (ín dTuaisceart na h'Éireann), ach té mé ó mo chonai in Sassan anois, mar an drochur!
Cad é mar atá tú a chara??
As Baile Átha Cliath (Baile Dúill). Tá mé in a chonai i Farnborough, Hants as 1986.As Contae an Dún ó dhúchas mé (ín dTuaisceart na h'Éireann), ach té mé ó mo chonai in Sassan anois, mar an drochur!
Cad é mar atá tú a chara??
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