In an effort to get in touch with my (perhaps more distant than I'm willing to admit) Celtic heritage, I'm trying to learn some Irish Gaelic in a project for my AP Brit Lit class. On the way, I'll teach you, my devoted and limited audience, a few terms, and maybe a bit of culture or history here and there. Slainte!
Friday, December 5, 2014
Everything Comes to A Close...
Kinda sounds like a the title of a sitcom finale, doesn't it? With our final presentations coming up for this project next week, this'll probably be my last post. As always, my progress the last two weeks was slow and rocky, but sure. I find it amazing just how different this was from how I thought it would be at the start. While I'm not speaking Irish like a natural born Irishman, I now know more than I did at the start, so that's definite improvement. Since this is the last post, I guess I can't leave without teaching you a swear word (Sorry, Mrs. Finco!), so this week's lesson is Pog ma thoin (Poag mah hone), which means "Kiss my arse!" (Another good Irish word at the end there!) Thanks for everything, and as always, slainte!
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