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Just wondering if we have any Gaelgoirs in our midst? Like a lot of you, i spent 13 years learning our national tounge and I struggle to put a few sentances together as Gaeilge, while I got a half-decent mark in the leaving, it frustrates me that all I can manage is a cupla focail from time to time (I seem to excel at this after a few pints for some reason!). Theres a lot to be said about the way in which the language has been taught over the years, in saying that, todays social and economic circumstances don't really lend themselves to using Irish all that much.

I wonder if a Gaeilge only forum would help me brush up?

CJ

CJ wrote:Just wondering if we have any Gaelgoirs in our midst? Like a lot of you, i spent 13 years learning our national tounge and I struggle to put a few sentances together as Gaeilge, while I got a half-decent mark in the leaving, it frustrates me that all I can manage is a cupla focail from time to time (I seem to excel at this after a few pints for some reason!). Theres a lot to be said about the way in which the language has been taught over the years, in saying that, todays social and economic circumstances don't really lend themselves to using Irish all that much.

I wonder if a Gaeilge only forum would help me brush up?

CJ

Funny you should raise this cause myself and the brother are thinking of taking irish lessons at Gael Linn - www.gael-linn.ie

Bump for a 2 year old post for the benefit of newer members. Anyone got a renewed opinion? That yank Bishop is showing us all up ag rith timpeall an páirc ag imirt peile i gConamara agus ag caint gaeilge to beat the band.

CJ

Ya I saw that the other night and was amazed and embarrassed at how he had so much more than me and I was at it for 13 years or so! Have a sort of a linguaphone thing, though its in connemara irish and cant understand a word of it seeing as its totally different to my own munster dialect! Thats an idea for the next meet, FTO-Ireland goes to Irish summer camp!

Anyone know the Irish for droplinks, stepper motor or torque convertor?

Thought not!

Deoir ceangal, ceim inneal,
and as for torque convertor, havent got a notion!!! Thats online dictionaries for you!
I'd love to know what they tranlate into though if you asked someone who is actually fluent!

Dragonheart wrote:I'd love to know what they tranlate into though if you asked someone who is actually fluent!

An Droplinka
An motor na steppa
an torque converter.

thats the problem with Irish. Not enough words, and they just bastardise english words like Carr etc instead of gluistean.

Diiiiiiiiaaaaaaaa dhuit..
Maira is anim dom no/Tinkerbell!!!GUESS WHAT?????taim ar ais go dti BLONDE babo!!!heheheehehe

mcgon1979 wrote:thats the problem with Irish. Not enough words, and they just bastardise english words like Carr etc instead of gluistean.

That's the kind of lazieness gets my back up.
OT but to give another example, my daughter was told in school that it's now OK to put a capital R in the middle of words.
When I asked the teacher about it I was told it's because it's easier to join that way.

Same principle, it's either right or wrong, how easy it is shouldn't come into it.

The use of Bearla in a Gaelige context has increased significantly since I was in school, I blame that Hector fella when he was amú all over the siopa a cupla years ago (see how I'm doing the exact same thing as bearla!). That said, it could be said that he has helped the language significantly over the past 5 years or so. Some might say that when you try and make Irish cool and more accessible to the young folk, English tends to creep in. The presenters over at TG4 seems to use an awful lot of Bearla these days.

CJ

Berla is the half mix type of thing that I hear on the Irish Top 40??

Was watching the Hurling on TG4 over easter - absolutely CLASS! Didn't understand a word, but that is a deadly language..

(and a deadly sport as well!)

Just watched in the name of the fada - I tell you - Bishop isn't half bad at Irish. Just shows how it can be picked up once you are immersed in it.

For ourselves who did it day in day out for 13 years or so, all we need is a stint in the Gaeltacht to get the ould blas back arís.

Kace wrote:For ourselves who did it day in day out for 13 years or so, all we need is a stint in the Gaeltacht to get the ould blas back arís.

I'm ag smaoineamh the same meself. Bishops Gaeilge is impressive, I can't help but feel cheated bearing in mind my years of study but as you say, immersion is key.

Connamara meet anyone?!

CJ

Right handy for the Aran Islands too...

For all the lad's based in Limerick or the near by area's that really want to get some basic gaeilge, as of next month I'll be teaching basic Irish classes in my local community centre, €2.00 a class.

Funny this should come up. I HATED Irish in school but in recent weeks I've been very seriously considering getting some lessons. For some reason I suddenly want to speak it. A lot.

Aon Focal Eile

I'm always using it at work, much to the disgust of my colleague from Belfast.

Myself and my bf used it a lot when we were travelling the world just to female dog about/annoy other people who would ignore us and speak their language over us.

Oh and I went to Eddie Lenihan in Kells last Friday night, he was amazing... so fasicinating to listen to, I could listen to him all night... I used to love listening to him as a child, so delighted to get a chance to listen to him in real life... He's a dying breed I fear...

I said listen a lot there...

optical illusion wrote:
Oh and I went to <a>Eddie Lenihan</a> in Kells last Friday night, he was amazing... so fasicinating to listen to, I could listen to him all night... I used to love listening to him as a child, so delighted to get a chance to listen to him in real life... He's a dying breed I fear...

I said listen a lot there...

Did you see him on Tommy Tiernan's walking around Ireland thing? he has hundreds of cassette tapes of himself telling various stories, what an amazing mind, not only to be able to remember the stories, but to tell them the way he does.

Glad someone else remembers him.

If not this may rejig your memory: http://www.eddielenihan.com

Man's a frikkin legend if you ask me, best story teller to ever come out of Ireland...

pretty distinctive looking too!

Oh him! Chrsit I remember him! Wasnt he on a kids thing years ago or something. Used always smoke a pipe?

You may be remembering Pat Ingolsby or Fortycoats?

No I would have def clicked the 2 of them. Its this fella all right, the stories were just before the news and lasted only about 5 or 10 mins. Long long long time ago.

Yes Dragon heart... long long time ago, don't be giving our age away now will ya!