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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5564 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 1 of 195 12 December 2012 at 9:43am | IP Logged |
In the beginning of HTLAL time, shrounded in orange mist and pale yellow skies...small like-minded individuals emerged from the Great Forum under a single bold banner emblazened with the golden letters TAC, gasping for knowledge and shimmying in the new-found light of a promising new online world. Soon these pioneers and their bright successors evolved into teams, and began to trailblaze across the language landscape and sail the seven seas of spoken fluency, discovering amazing new ideas together and sharing these with the Forum. And now, in the pre-dawn glow of a freshly spoken TAC, a new team has emerged to share in the cultural treasures of a civilisation that has walked and danced amongst us, and been a subtle breath across the dreamscape of billions for more than two waking millennia...this is the legacy of the Celts and their amazing family of languages, and it is with great delight, that I bid you all welcome to the TAC's first ever Celtic Team log! Our current team members: liammcg (Scottish Gaelic, Irish, Welsh) tarvos (Breton) Gosiak (Welsh) Teango (Irish) Maiwenn (Breton) Iversen (Irish) *Associate Member, and honorary "Uncle" :) mezzofanti (Irish) DaraghM (Irish, Scottish Gaelic) Josquin (Scottish Gaelic, Irish) jeff_lindqvist (Irish) thusspakeblixa (Irish) Khublei (Irish) *Honorary "Godmother" galaxyrocker (Irish, Scottish Gaelic) vermillon (Breton) [Total numbers so far in our clan: 14; Celtic languages include Irish: 10, Scottish Gaelic: 4, Breton: 3, and Welsh: 2.] To join us in our Celtic voyage this year, please just notify Brun Ugle on the "TAC 2013 Organization and Sign-up" thread, and then add "Clan Lugus" or "Lugus" to your own TAC 2013 log name to let everyone else know. If you could also offer a short introduction to yourself and your goals on this thread to get things started, we can get to know each other a bit too before setting sail for that promising 2013 horizon. We already have members studying Scottish Gaelic, Irish, Welsh, and Breton amongst our band of travellers, and if you're already an advanced or fluent speaker of a Celtic language, we'd love to hear from you and encourage you to join us as a TAC Godfather/Godmother to help guide us in the right direction throughout the year as a wise wayfarer. Good luck to everyone with their goals and plans for 2013 in this challenge, and I've got a gut feeling this is going to be quite an adventure. Edited by Teango on 06 August 2013 at 3:15am 5 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6628 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, NorwegianC1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish | Message 2 of 195 12 December 2012 at 10:17am | IP Logged |
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That has got to be the best team introduction I've ever read. I hope this will start a tradition and that we will have Celtic teams also in the future. Some day I will join you on your quest.
There are so many gods, heroes and mythical beasts in Celtic mythology that I'm sure you won't have any trouble finding a good name. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| liammcg Senior Member Ireland Joined 4612 days ago 269 posts - 397 votes Speaks: English* | Message 3 of 195 12 December 2012 at 10:31am | IP Logged |
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Cluintear an seanfhocal "Tús maith leath na hoibre" go minic, 'is tá súil agam go
bhfeicfear an toradh anseo! Thanks Teango for starting off the thread, a very fun and inspiring introduction as per usual :) My name is Liam, I'm from the west coast of Ireland, currently living in Dublin. My experience with Irish has been something of a mixed journey. My mother and all her family are native speakers of Irish but the language was never spoken to us as children. I can always remember the language around me when mam rang nanny, or when we went visiting where my granda and nanny would communicate solely in Irish. My nanny at 83 years old is still far more capable at explaining her thoughts in Irish. Every Irish child begins learning Irish at the age of 4-5 and continues with the language for around 14 years, but despite this very few leave the system being able to speak Irish. I myself was a terrible student in primary school and would have no hesitation in saying that I was one of the least capable in the class. However this changed on going to seccondary (high) school where a great teacher inspired me to learn the language...and so I did! No, I am an advanced speaker, often mistaken as a native/semi native speaker because of my pronunciation ( our English has kept many of the sounds and rhythms of Irish so it wasn't to hard to learn Irish pronciation). Scottish Gaelic is a new adventure for me. I started in October as part of my college course. I've enjoyed it immensely so far and soon I will begin writing a mini-thesis on what I've learned about the similarities and differences between Irish and Gaelic. My over all goal is to get a good solid basic fluency in Scottish Gaelic. Not too much input is required because the grammar of Irish and Gaelic are very similar. My priority this year for the Celtic team is with Scottish Gaelic, but I will be studying Irish a little in order to increase my specialised vocabulary etc. Teango, short of becoming a "Godfather", I'd be happy to give you any help that you may need with Irish, that's what the log is for! Hereis my log, I hope you can all help motivate me throughout the year! 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Maïwenn Diglot Groupie FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4377 days ago 56 posts - 72 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Mandarin, Breton | Message 4 of 195 12 December 2012 at 1:59pm | IP Logged |
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Demat e Team Celtic!! Laouen on ganeoc'h labourat.
(Pretty sure that I will have to go back later on and correct this.) TRUGAREZ for making the group and writing such a great intro! Ken emberr! [Breton links to go here eventually.] Edited by Maïwenn on 12 December 2012 at 1:59pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| liammcg Senior Member Ireland Joined 4612 days ago 269 posts - 397 votes Speaks: English* | Message 5 of 195 12 December 2012 at 2:20pm | IP Logged |
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As for a team name, I have a suggestion. How about "Team Táin"? "Táin" (pronounced
roughly as "thawn") is the gaelic word for a drove , more famous in the title of the Gaelic epic tale "Táin Bó Cúailnge" which translates as "The Cattle Raid of Cooley". See a wikipedia here. The táin conjures up images of ancient Celtic warriors such as Cú Chulainn. Positives: Its short,very Celtic in nature and references one of the greatest works in a Celtic language. Negatives: It sides with the Gaelic side of the family. I don't want to appear to be favoring the Goidelic side because I am studying these languages, but I do think it would be hard to find a name that covers all the Celtic languages. By choosing something from mythology, it is not referencing a specific modern language, but rather the common Celtic heritage shared by all of them. So what do ye think, of Team Táin? Edited by liammcg on 12 December 2012 at 2:22pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4715 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 6 of 195 12 December 2012 at 2:52pm | IP Logged |
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I suggest the name Menhir (to evoke Stonehenge). (From Breton maen - stone, and hir -
long. Maen hir is also the Welsh name). It basically means an upright standing stone, which is a commonly associated phenomenon with Celtic peoples :) I also like Táin. Edited by tarvos on 12 December 2012 at 2:56pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Maïwenn Diglot Groupie FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4377 days ago 56 posts - 72 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Mandarin, Breton | Message 7 of 195 12 December 2012 at 8:55pm | IP Logged |
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I suggest the Mutants, in homage to our languages' penchant for mutation. I tried to figure out a way to make it fit
into a Teenage Mutant Turtle parody, but couldn't figure out anything for turtle... Team Mutant Hurdles? Táin and Menhir are also good! :) I just found this site for Welsh and am a little bit jealous there isn't a similar site for Breton: http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/learnwelsh/bigwelshchallenge/ Kenavo 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Gosiak Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 5134 days ago 241 posts - 361 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, German Studies: Norwegian, Welsh | Message 8 of 195 12 December 2012 at 10:44pm | IP Logged |
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Noswaith dda to everyone :)
I like all the suggestions, especcialy Team Táin and I'll add my idea. Team Avalon Avalon means Island of Apples, mortally wounded King Arthur was taken to this paradise island. I think that it establishes a connection with Celtic misticism and signifies good fortune (wiki: it is also called The Fortunate Isle). Hwyl 1 person has voted this message useful |
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