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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5548 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 9 of 18 14 July 2012 at 9:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
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@liammcg
Wow, you weren't kidding about those wax cylinders! Nevertheless, I'm sure this will prove a fascinating resource later on for comparing regional dialects, especially given that they're monolingual speakers. Thanks once again. :) Edited by Teango on 14 July 2012 at 9:15pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5048 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 10 of 18 14 July 2012 at 9:51pm | IP Logged | |||||
The most problems are with spirants. How do we have to pronounce bh in different positions, for example? Sometimes it is not clear what vowels are pronounced: scoil, anois. There are exceptions, depending on the dialect: mór is pronounced like muar in the South. For some reason amáireach is spelt amárach (that's the Northern pronunciation probably), but I heard this word several times and it was always with slender r. And it is practically impossible to write something from ear. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
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Always a pleasure to read your logs, Teango.
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| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5557 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 12 of 18 15 July 2012 at 3:19pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Its interesting that a lot of Irish folk songs have English or Scottish origins
(particularly English-Scottish borders) and vice versa - e.g. one of the most common English morris dance tunes is The Princess Royal which is a Turlough O'Carolan tune. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
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Thanks, and best of luck with your goals for Spanish this month. Have you decided which novel to start by the end of July? @Elexi Listening to "The Princess Royal" on YouTube brings back fond memories of playing the adventure game series "Monkey Island". Aharrr, Sheepgood! :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
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Thanks, Teango. I think it will be El Principe de la Niebla by Zafon. It is the shortest
and I've been looking forward to it for a long time. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
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Raggle-Taggle Gypsy, O: "Carraig Airt", "Na Dúnaibh"
United colours of Carraig Airt. (source: donegalcottageholidays.com) I began my journey through Donegal's Gaeltacht in Carraig Airt (Carrigart), a scenic coastal village with a population just under 1,000 people. It's noted as having won several awards for being one of the tidiest and most attractive villages in Ireland, and is a popular destination for beach goers and sea anglers. 
The stunning Rosguill Peninsula. (source: donegalcottageholidays.com) Now, after 142 pages of listening and reading (equating to 14.2 km), I've already passed through the village of Na Dúnaibh (the Downings), set on the west side of the wonderful Rosguill Peninsula, and home to more beautiful sandy beaches, once walked along by big screen stars like John Wayne and Errol Flynn in bygone days. PROGRESS SO FAR (hh:mm) TV: 06:38 Study: 02:36 Review: 01:13 Talk: 00:40 TOTAL: 11:07 I'm really enjoying wathcing TG4 (all without subtitles of course) and have completed 26 lessons of Buntús Cainte. As you'd expect, I'm floundering over most of the Irish I hear on tv but am at least able to pick out odd words and phrases now, whereas before it was just mysterious background noise. 
From Carraig Airt to Na Dúnaibh. (background source: Google Maps) Edited by Teango on 19 July 2012 at 12:05pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
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:D Good luck with your studies! Irish is a lovely language. I love that picture of the Rosguill Peninsula!
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