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TAC 2013, Celtic Team: "Clan Lugus" | ||
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 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6704 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes  Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 41 of 195 15 December 2012 at 11:32am | IP Logged | |||||
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And Teango has the gift of the gab
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| Maïwenn Diglot Groupie FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4370 days ago 56 posts - 72 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Mandarin, Breton | Message 42 of 195 15 December 2012 at 12:06pm | IP Logged | |||||
Well... if it's Clan Lugus and not the Lugus Clan then I don't like it.... Kidding! Clan Lugus does sound better. :) I didn't know about the traditional ordering, my extended family tends to call itself "the [insert family name here] clan" I also vote for Teango. :) He did write such an excellent intro, after all! 1 vote for Teango as clan captain 1 vote for Clan Lugus as clan name 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| liammcg Senior Member Ireland Joined 4605 days ago 269 posts - 397 votes Speaks: English* | Message 43 of 195 15 December 2012 at 1:01pm | IP Logged | |||||
Seconded on both. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Gosiak Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 5127 days ago 241 posts - 361 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, German Studies: Norwegian, Welsh | Message 44 of 195 15 December 2012 at 3:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
Same here. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| thusspakeblixa Diglot Newbie Ireland espaprender.wordpres Joined 4519 days ago 15 posts - 20 votes Speaks: English*, Irish Studies: German, Spanish | Message 45 of 195 15 December 2012 at 8:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Hello all,
Teango asked me on here last week- I'm making a plan to achieve fluency in Irish in 2013. I may also be tempted into Welsh, if anyone else can point me in the way of inexpensive material for beginners. I also have no idea how TAC works. Niall 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5557 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 46 of 195 15 December 2012 at 11:16pm | IP Logged | |||||
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A rallying cry and warm welcome to thusspakeblixa, the newest member of our team! :)
@thusspakeblixa I've PM'd you a little more info about the TAC now, and it would be amazing to have another Welsh learner in the clan. I've come across loads of great resources for Welsh out there in the past, but unfortunately don't have these bookmarked any more (they used to be on my old laptop). I think the BBC's website for Welsh learners, the "Learn Welsh" podcasts, and the "Say Something in Welsh" website are all probably a great starting place. I also found an article about Welsh podcasts produced by the Glamorgan Welsh for Adults Centre, which I haven't checked out yet but seems very promising (as it's very popular in Welsh universities so I hear), and once you've reached a comfortable level, there's always BBC Cymru and the tv channel S4C. Croeso i'r tîm a phob lwc gyda'ch astudiaethau ("Welcome to the team and good luck with your studies", apologies for any mistakes here up front guys). Edited by Teango on 15 December 2012 at 11:24pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5557 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 47 of 195 16 December 2012 at 12:42am | IP Logged | |||||
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I just found this list of media resources for 6 Celtic languages and thought I'd share it here.
I further discovered that there are autonomous regions of northern Spain affiliated with Celtic language and culture too, including Galicia, Asturias, and Cantabria. I already knew a little bit about Galicia, as I'd read several myths about the ancient Milesians years ago with regards to the origins of the Irish people. My previous supervisor also came from Galicia, and he'd be the first to explain that there are many words of Celtic origin in his native language, as well as a strong similarity between Galicia and other nations like Ireland in musical tradition. 
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| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4845 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 48 of 195 16 December 2012 at 1:49pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Do we need a team song like Team Sakura (Japanese)? If so, I would propose one of the great Gaelic songs that I have always liked very much:
Oró Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile Here are the lyrics: Oró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile, Oró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile, Oró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh. 'Sé do bheatha, a bhean ba léanmhar, do b' é ár gcreach tú bheith i ngéibheann, do dhúiche bhreá i seilbh méirleach, is tú díolta leis na Gallaibh. Oró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile, Oró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile, Oró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh. Tá Gráinne Mhaol ag teacht thar sáile, óglaigh armtha léi mar gharda, Gaeil iad féin is ní Gaill ná Spáinnigh, is cuirfidh siad ruaig ar Ghallaibh. Oró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile, Oró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile, Oró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh. A bhuí le Rí na bhFeart go bhfeiceam, mura mbeam beo ina dhiaidh ach seachtain, Gráinne Mhaol agus míle gaiscíoch, ag fógairt fáin ar Ghallaibh. Oró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile, Oró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile, Oró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh. If you want to read the translation and more information about the background of this song, you can go on Wikipedia. Of course, there are many other great Gaelic and Welsh songs (I don't know about Breton), but to my mind there's a certain spirit of optimism and awakening in this song that I like very much and that could be an incentive for us to strive for reaching our goals. 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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