I Promise I Won't Try Poetry Again...

I'm can still feel your eyes rolling thinking about that. About to enter a week off (except from chemistry), I'm feeling pretty good. A classmate asked me about some of the phrases I've been learning, and I was surprised that I actually managed to get quite a few right away. SO, despite all of what even I've thought to the contrary, I am actually learning stuff. This week's lesson is, appropriate for next Thursday, the phrase for "Thank you", "Go raibh maith agat" (gura mie ugut) Slainte!

Gather Round, Ye Lads and Lasses!

Set ye for a while, and harken to me rocky tale about my Emerald Ire. Since I can hear you groaning after that, I guess I should probably avoid poetry. With nothing outlandish to report, I decided this week will be my comment response post. I am sad that I can't go full immersion on this one, though that would be great. Might be a little difficult to do other work, but I could probably make it work. Pronunciation has been getting a little better since I've started noticing some trends, but it's pretty difficult to understand why they do that. I thank you all for enjoying the wit I put in everything, but it'd probably more difficult to pull that off in Gaelic. I'd have to start off speaking like a toddler before I can get to witty parts. I haven't had the chance to talk to Dr. Patrick, though I may get the chance to soon, but I have checked out the TG Lurgan YouTube page. To anyone who wants to hear this language fluently, stop reading right now and check it out. These teens are excellent at translating songs, and can hopefully bring back Gaelic into a spoken language again. This week's lesson is "Tá sé go deacair" (tah shay guh dyakker), which means "It is hard work", a common theme for all of us. Slainte!

Holy Stress, Batman!

As with most things during senior year, this week has been a lot of juggling projects, studying, and social life, but I think I'm through the worst of it now! I appreciate all the comments, and will respond to them more fully at a later date. I've done some unconscious work on my Gaelic this week, thinking some of the more uncivilized words I've learned numerous times this week. However, to try to break the blunt impression my teacher has of me, this week's lesson won't be those words, but instead Buíochas le Dia (bweeahhkus lay deeyah), which, though difficultly, means "Thank God!" or "Thanks to God!". Slainte!