A friend's mare just had a Palomino filly and my friend wants to give her the name "Gold" or "Golden Prize" in Gaelic. Sadly, she only has me to turn to and my skills stink. I got ór, okay for "Gold" but think she's probably going to not want such a very short name. So I come begging help. Thanks in advance.

crossposted in gaidhlig and mothertongue

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Hi all,

I am making another stab at learning Irish -- tried back in high school (on my own) but failed miserably -- but alas, my Irish dictionary is back in Lethbridge and my mother refuses to send it (or my box of art that I needed to apply to art school, which I now can not *grumble*).  And I'm arse with learning other languages so it's going slow ( Read more... )

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Dia dhuit! Conas ata tu? Bhi me ag scriobh ursceal teideal Black Laces. Ta se ar an amazon.com here

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Chan urrainn dhomh a thuigsinn idir.... :/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6682403.stm

I have a rather simple (I hope) question about a dictionary for a beginner. I'm about to start an Irish course (my first), and I'm looking for an affordable English-Irish/Irish-English pocket dictionary. Right now I'm considering either the Collins Gem Irish Dictionary or the Irish-English/English-Irish Easy Reference Dictionary by the Educational ( Read more... )

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Here's an interesting article. I emailed Bloomsbury myself a couple years ago about this and they were planning it. The expected publication date also used to be listed on Amazon.com as December 2006. But here you are ( Read more... )