Irish

[naughtytease]

Very good NT How has been your day?
>Sol

Good evening, Ms. Tease. I'm grand, thanks. Home after a long day on my feet in the rain and cold, settling back with a jar to relax. And yourself?


No worries, Sol. Tá mé go maith, mise.

My day was good Cinema and chinese food!!!

 

[akaSol]

Good evening, Ms. Tease. I'm grand, thanks. Home after a long day on my feet in the rain and cold, settling back with a jar to relax. And yourself?


No worries, Sol. Tá mé go maith, mise.

No worries a cara

Taim go maith ?

>Sol

 

[akaSol]

My day was good Cinema and chinese food!!!

What ya see ???

>Sol

 

[kotori]

Nice to meet you!

Marie

Same here. And haven't you the loveliest...avatar.

 

[irishmarie45]

Same here. And haven't you the loveliest...avatar.

Why thank you!

Kisses,

Marie

 

[kotori]

My day was good Cinema and chinese food!!!

More importantly, whadya eat?

No worries a cara

Taim go maith ?

>Sol

Oh sure, show me up with your fancy contractions.

 

[akaSol]

More importantly, whadya eat?

Oh sure, show me up with your fancy contractions.

hahahahah

AM suffering the effects of two bottles of vino here , the assembling is wrong.
But I am going to speak Irish fluently before I reach 40 thats a personal quest

>Sol

 

[kotori]

hahahahah

AM suffering the effects of two bottles of vino her , the assembling is wrong.
But I am going to speak Irish fluently before I reach 40

>Sol

That's a noble aspiration. I'm sure the vino will only help.

I went to Romania two years ago (my daughter spent a year there studying the language, and I went on my hols to visit). One night we spent at a little guest house in the countryside, where the lady of the house spoke French, German and Romanian. My daughter's pretty fluent in French, and I had my couple of year of secondary school French. We had a lovely chat in three and a half languages, after home make plum brandy, home made wine, etc. I was rather proud of myself, with how much I remembered. Next morning at breakfast however, I couldn't understand or remember a word of it. There must be an equivalent for "in vino veritas". Maybe it just helps loosen the tongue.

 

[kotori]

Why thank you!

Kisses,

Marie

My pleasure. Really.

So are you in the NYC public school system? I've done some work in Brooklyn for the SCA.

 

[irishmarie45]

My pleasure. Really.

So are you in the NYC public school system? I've done some work in Brooklyn for the SCA.

Catholic school actually!!!

Marie

 

[akaSol]

That's a noble aspiration. I'm sure the vino will only help.

I went to Romania two years ago (my daughter spent a year there studying the language, and I went on my hols to visit). One night we spent at a little guest house in the countryside, where the lady of the house spoke French, German and Romanian. My daughter's pretty fluent in French, and I had my couple of year of secondary school French. We had a lovely chat in three and a half languages, after home make plum brandy, home made wine, etc. I was rather proud of myself, with how much I remembered. Next morning at breakfast however, I couldn't understand or remember a word of it. There must be an equivalent for "in vino veritas". Maybe it just helps loosen the tongue.

Yea , its an odd thing ok. I have found my usage of grammar and interrogation of complicated English increases the more "comfortable" I become

>sol

 

[naughtytease]

What ya see ???

>Sol

More importantly, whadya eat?

Oh sure, show me up with your fancy contractions.

Sol is having contractions???

lots of duck pancakes and squid

we saw the town - really good, once I got used to the accents

 

[akaSol]

Sol is having contractions???

lots of duck pancakes and squid

we saw the town - really good, once I got used to the accents

Not a big fan of squid.

Contractions as in the use of or grammatical structure of a sentence.

>Sol

 

[kotori]

Catholic school actually!!!

Marie

Well, Brooklyn is called "The Borough of Churches" (or at least it was a one time). Did you read Colim Tóibín's book Brooklyn that came out earlier in the year?

Sol is having contractions???

lots of duck pancakes and squid

we saw the town - really good, once I got used to the accents

He's giving birth to his native tongue. So to speak.

Sounds tasty.

The name is familiar, but I can't place it. I see so many posters for new films on billboards and the subway...

 

[naughtytease]

Saying hello from Brooklyn, NYC, USA. I was born in Belfast and moved here to the US back in 1988.

Marie

Hi Marie,

welcome to the irish thread.............we bite, nip, nibble and lick.............but only if you want us to

 

[naughtytease]

Not a big fan of squid.

Contractions as in the use of or grammatical structure of a sentence.

>Sol

phew............not sure I was ready for any other type!!!

Well, Brooklyn is called "The Borough of Churches" (or at least it was a one time). Did you read Colim Tóibín's book Brooklyn that came out earlier in the year?


He's giving birth to his native tongue. So to speak.

Sounds tasty.

The name is familiar, but I can't place it. I see so many posters for new films on billboards and the subway...

its the new(ish) Ben Affleck one

 

[irishmarie45]

Well, Brooklyn is called "The Borough of Churches" (or at least it was a one time). Did you read Colim Tóibín's book Brooklyn that came out earlier in the year?

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It's on my list!!

Marie

 

[kotori]

...its the new(ish) Ben Affleck one

Ah, right. It's all "Southie" (that heavy South Boston accent). Most Americans probably said the same thing.

It's on my list!!

Marie

I'll lend you my copy.

 

[akaSol]

phew............not sure I was ready for any other type!!!

Good gosh. I dont think I am either !!! Although there was this one time....

>Sol

 

[naughtytease]

Ah, right. It's all "Southie" (that heavy South Boston accent). Most Americans probably said the same thing.


I'll lend you my copy.

oh - I'm kinda used to the Boston accent, I've been there a few times and know people from there but this was waaaaaaaaaaaaaay stronger

 

[kotori]

oh - I'm kinda used to the Boston accent, I've been there a few times and know people from there but this was waaaaaaaaaaaaaay stronger

Indeed. That's like saying "I'm used to an Irish accent" and then hearing someone from West Cork.

*ducks for cover*

 

[naughtytease]

Indeed. That's like saying "I'm used to an Irish accent" and then hearing someone from West Cork.

*ducks for cover*

*throwing the hairbrush at you*

I went to Louth at the start of the summer and needed my friend to translate half of the things people said...........plus my phone kept on roaming to UK networks so I really felt like I was in a foreign country!!!!

and don't diss the cork accent...........you're talking to a cork girl here like

 

[kotori]

*throwing the hairbrush at you*

I went to Louth at the start of the summer and needed my friend to translate half of the things people said...........plus my phone kept on roaming to UK networks so I really felt like I was in a foreign country!!!!

and don't diss the cork accent...........you're talking to a cork girl here like

I met some fellas at a bar over the summer, who were thinking of starting an Irish Speaking group (this was off of Facebook) in Brooklyn. And the one guy said that he had this lovely conversation with a native speaker from West Cork once: his voice was lyrical and provocative. But he couldn't understand a word he said as Béarla. lol

 

[akaSol]

I met some fellas at a bar over the summer, who were thinking of starting an Irish Speaking group (this was off of Facebook) in Brooklyn. And the one guy said that he had this lovely conversation with a native speaker from West Cork once: his voice was lyrical and provocative. But he couldn't understand a word he said as Béarla. lol

HAHA

I so know that one.

And I work in retail sales

>Sol

 

[kotori]

HAHA

I so know that one.

And I work in retail sales

>Sol

For a small country, there's a lot of diversity. Even after almost fifty years of television's homogenising effects.