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By: Bicyclistic » Blog Archive » Photo: Liffey, West

Bicyclistic » Blog Archive » Photo: Liffey, West — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:14:30 +0000

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By: CapallGlas

CapallGlas — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:52:15 +0000

On one or two trips around Ireland, I traveled with my roommate who speaks a number of languages. The only Irish she remembers from the trips is ‘Oifig an Phoist’ (post office) and ‘Failte go Gort’ (Welcome to Gort).

She didn’t believe me when I first pronounced them for her (and I thought I did pretty well). The sounds of the words still make her giggle. She’s learned a number of languages but thinks that Irish would be hard to speak without losing her composure, so she’ll stick to Russian. I asked her if the words meant something rude in Russian, but she laughed and changed the subject so I’m suspicious.

By: E gan F

E gan F — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:54:31 +0000

for when you miss the post, and it really really, matters.

By: american eejit

american eejit — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:26:36 +0000

and the noose is for… ?

By: E gan F

E gan F — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:31:03 +0000

By the way, for the non Irish folk, it’s Phoist because that’s what you see there on the sign but with the older script having the dot above the “p” performing the same function as the modern “h” (It’s called aspiration).

By: klaraflame [TweetBack]

klaraflame [TweetBack] — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:25:55 +0000

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